Department duties related to state assessment requirements. (1) As allowed by federal law, the Department of Education shall ensure that standardized summative assessments are administered in the schools of this state to the minimum extent practicable while still appropriately and effectively assessing the academic achievement of the students of this state

(2) As regularly as required to satisfy subsection (1) of this section, the Department of Education shall apply under 20 U.S.C. 7861 to the United States Department of Education for a waiver of state assessment requirements prescribed by 20 U.S.C. 6311. The application may be for a strategic waiver that proposes a shortened assessment, a sampling model of assessments or any other strategy identified by the Department of Education to accomplish the purpose described in subsection (1) of this section. [2022 c.104 §1]

Note: 329.482 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 329 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.