82R10985 CAE-D
By: Weber H.B. No. 2395
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the implementation of the administration of certain
assessment instruments for public school students.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 39.023, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (a-2) to read as follows:
(a-2) An assessment instrument administered in the
2011-2012 or 2012-2013 school year must be in the same form as an
assessment instrument administered in the 2010-2011 school year.
SECTION 2. Sections 39.025(f) and (g), Education Code, are
amended to read as follows:
(f) The commissioner shall by rule adopt a transition plan
to implement the amendments made by Chapter 1312 (S.B. No. 1031),
Acts of the 80th Legislature, Regular Session, 2007, replacing
general subject assessment instruments administered at the high
school level with end-of-course assessment instruments. The rules
must provide for the end-of-course assessment instruments adopted
under Section 39.023(c) to be administered beginning with students
entering the ninth grade during the 2013-2014 [2011-2012] school
year. During the period under which the transition to
end-of-course assessment instruments is made:
(1) for students entering a grade above the ninth
grade during the 2013-2014 [2011-2012] school year, the
commissioner shall retain, administer, and use for purposes of
accreditation and other campus and district accountability
measures under this chapter the assessment instruments required by
Section 39.023(a) or (c), as that section existed before amendment
by Chapter 1312 (S.B. No. 1031), Acts of the 80th Legislature,
Regular Session, 2007;
(2) a student subject to Subdivision (1) may not
receive a high school diploma unless the student has performed
satisfactorily on each required assessment instrument administered
under Section 39.023(c) as that section existed before amendment by
Chapter 1312 (S.B. No. 1031), Acts of the 80th Legislature, Regular
Session, 2007; and
(3) the agency may defer releasing assessment
instrument questions and answer keys as required by Section
39.023(e) to the extent necessary to develop additional assessment
instruments.
(g) Rules adopted under Subsection (f) must require that
each student who will be subject to the requirements of Subsection
(a) is entitled to notice of the specific requirements applicable
to the student. Notice under this subsection must be provided not
later than the date the student enters the eighth
grade. Subsection (f) and this subsection expire September 1, 2017
[2015].
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2011.