| 1 | 1 | | 81R11397 CAS-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Turner of Harris H.B. No. 3124 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to scoring the state exit-level assessment instruments |
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| 8 | 8 | | administered to public school students. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 39.025(f), Education Code, is amended to |
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| 11 | 11 | | read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (f) The commissioner shall by rule adopt a transition plan |
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| 13 | 13 | | to implement the amendments made by Chapter 1312 (S.B. No. 1031), |
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| 14 | 14 | | Acts of the 80th Legislature, Regular Session, 2007, to this |
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| 15 | 15 | | section and Sections 39.023(a) and (c) and 39.051(b)(5). The rules |
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| 16 | 16 | | must provide for the end-of-course assessment instruments adopted |
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| 17 | 17 | | under Section 39.023(c) to be administered beginning with students |
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| 18 | 18 | | entering the ninth grade during the 2011-2012 school year. During |
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| 19 | 19 | | the period under which the transition to end-of-course assessment |
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| 20 | 20 | | instruments is made: |
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| 21 | 21 | | (1) for students entering a grade above the ninth |
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| 22 | 22 | | grade during the 2011-2012 school year: |
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| 23 | 23 | | (A) [,] the commissioner shall retain, |
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| 24 | 24 | | administer, and use for campus and district ratings under |
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| 25 | 25 | | Subchapter D the assessment instruments required by Section |
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| 26 | 26 | | 39.023(a) or (c), as that section existed before amendment by |
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| 27 | 27 | | Chapter 1312 (S.B. No. 1031), Acts of the 80th Legislature, Regular |
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| 28 | 28 | | Session, 2007; and |
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| 29 | 29 | | (B) notwithstanding any other provision of this |
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| 30 | 30 | | chapter, for any purpose under this chapter, each student is |
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| 31 | 31 | | required only to achieve a cumulative score on the exit-level |
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| 32 | 32 | | assessment instruments administered under Section 39.023(c), as |
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| 33 | 33 | | that section existed before amendment by Chapter 1312 (S.B. No. |
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| 34 | 34 | | 1031), Acts of the 80th Legislature, Regular Session, 2007, that is |
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| 35 | 35 | | at least equal to the product of the number of exit-level assessment |
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| 36 | 36 | | instruments administered under the section before the amendment and |
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| 37 | 37 | | 70, with each exit-level assessment instrument scored on a scale of |
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| 38 | 38 | | 100; and |
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| 39 | 39 | | (2) the agency may defer releasing assessment |
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| 40 | 40 | | instrument questions and answer keys as required by Section |
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| 41 | 41 | | 39.023(e) to the extent necessary to develop additional assessment |
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| 42 | 42 | | instruments. |
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| 43 | 43 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 44 | 44 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 45 | 45 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 46 | 46 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 47 | 47 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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