Exam Accommodations for Pupils and Students During a Special Situation on the Home Front or at a Time of Attack (Legislative Amendments) Bill

What does the bill do?

The bill amends the Pupils' Rights Law (2000) and the Student Rights Law (2007). It provides that a pupil or student whose continuity of studies was harmed for a period exceeding 30 days due to the suspension or restriction of studies during a special situation on the home front or during an attack will be entitled to be examined under eased conditions. The accommodations include: postponing the exam date, additional time of up to 25 percent, and being examined orally instead of in writing. The Minister of Education will be able to extend the eased conditions even after the end of the period of discontinuity of studies, if it is shown to be necessary.