| 1 | 1 | | S.B. No. 759 |
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| 4 | 4 | | AN ACT |
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| 5 | 5 | | relating to certain standards for group-administered achievement |
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| 6 | 6 | | tests used by school districts. |
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| 7 | 7 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 8 | 8 | | SECTION 1. Section 39.032, Education Code, is amended by |
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| 9 | 9 | | amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsections (c-1) and (c-2) to |
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| 10 | 10 | | read as follows: |
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| 11 | 11 | | (c) State and national norms of averages shall be computed |
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| 12 | 12 | | using data that are not more than eight [six] years old at the time |
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| 13 | 13 | | the assessment instrument is administered and that are |
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| 14 | 14 | | representative of the group of students to whom the assessment |
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| 15 | 15 | | instrument is administered. |
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| 16 | 16 | | (c-1) The standardization norms computed under Subsection |
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| 17 | 17 | | (c) shall be: |
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| 18 | 18 | | (1) based on a national probability sample that meets |
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| 19 | 19 | | accepted standards for educational and psychological testing; and |
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| 20 | 20 | | (2) [shall be] updated at least every eight [six] |
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| 21 | 21 | | years using proven psychometric procedures approved by the State |
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| 22 | 22 | | Board of Education. |
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| 23 | 23 | | (c-2) The eight-year limitation on data to compute norms |
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| 24 | 24 | | under this section does not apply if only data older than eight |
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| 25 | 25 | | years is available for an assessment instrument. The commissioner |
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| 26 | 26 | | by rule may limit the exception created by this subsection based on |
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| 27 | 27 | | the type of assessment instrument. |
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| 28 | 28 | | SECTION 2. Subsections (a), (b), and (d), Section 39.032, |
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| 29 | 29 | | Education Code, are repealed. |
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| 30 | 30 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 31 | 31 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 32 | 32 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 33 | 33 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 34 | 34 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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| 35 | 35 | | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 36 | 36 | | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 37 | 37 | | I hereby certify that S.B. No. 759 passed the Senate on |
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| 38 | 38 | | March 19, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 29, Nays 0; and that |
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| 39 | 39 | | the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 29, 2009, by the |
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| 40 | 40 | | following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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| 41 | 41 | | ______________________________ |
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| 42 | 42 | | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 43 | 43 | | I hereby certify that S.B. No. 759 passed the House, with |
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| 44 | 44 | | amendment, on May 26, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 141, |
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| 45 | 45 | | Nays 0, one present not voting. |
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| 46 | 46 | | ______________________________ |
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| 47 | 47 | | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 48 | 48 | | Approved: |
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| 49 | 49 | | ______________________________ |
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| 50 | 50 | | Date |
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| 51 | 51 | | ______________________________ |
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| 52 | 52 | | Governor |
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