BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - North Dakota's House has killed a measure that would have allowed parents to decide if their children could opt out of some standardized tests.
The House voted 87-7 on Monday to defeat the bill.
The measure would have allowed parents to opt out of certain tests, including the ACT college entrance exam, and another test designed to assess job skills called WorkKeys. The Senate amended the bill to exclude those tests.
West Fargo Republican Rep. Ben Koppelman was the primary sponsor. He says the intent of the bill was changed by House-Senate negotiators so he asked his colleagues to kill it.