House committee substitute makes the following changes to the 1st edition.

Amends GS 115C-17.12(a)(4) to allow local school administrative units to apply to the State Board of Education, at least 60 days before the scheduled date for assessments of final exams, for a waiver extending the testing schedule up to the final 20 instructional days for year-long courses and within the final 15 (was, 10) instructional days of the semester for semester-long courses. Adds that no teacher of record is to be prohibited from administering tests required through state or local testing programs to students assigned to that teacher.

Amends the act's long title.