BILL NUMBER: AB 176	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 31, 2011

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Lara

                        JANUARY 24, 2011

   An act to add Section 99155 to the Education Code, relating to
postsecondary education.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 176, as amended, Lara. Standardized testing: valid
identification.
   Existing law imposes various requirements on a test sponsor or
test agency, as defined, with respect to the administration of
standardized tests for purposes of postsecondary education.
   Existing law provides that a test sponsor that intentionally
violates these provisions is liable for a civil penalty not to exceed
$750 for each violation.
   This bill would require a test sponsor to  accept a
university transcript and university identification issued within the
last 5 years as a valid form of identification for purposes of
admitting a test subject to take a standardized test administered by
the sponsor   provide alternative methods to verify a
test subject's identity  . A violation of this requirement would
subject a test sponsor to the above civil penalty.  The bill
would allow a test sponsor to require test subjects to obtain
approval from the test sponsor in advance of the test deadline in
order to be admitted to the test with an alternative form of
identification. 
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   SECTION 1.    Section 99155   is added to
the   Education Code   , to read:  
   99155.  (a) A test sponsor shall provide alternative methods to
verify the identity of those test subjects who are unable to provide
the required identification for purposes of admitting a test subject
to take a standardized test administered by the sponsor.
   (b) Test sponsors may require test subjects to obtain approval
from the test sponsor in advance of the test deadline in order to be
admitted to the test with an alternative form of identification.
 
  SECTION 1.    Section 99155 is added to the
Education Code, to read:
   99155.  (a) A test sponsor shall accept a university transcript
and university identification issued within the last five years, as a
valid form of identification for purposes of admitting a test
subject to take a standardized test administered by the sponsor.
   (b) A test sponsor shall not require any additional form of
identification to admit a test subject to take a standardized test
administered by the sponsor other than that specified in subdivision
(a).