83R8370 CAS-D
By: White H.B. No. 1916
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to exempting students from certain end-of-course
assessment instruments based on certain alternative performance.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 39.025, Education Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (a-1) and adding Subsection (a-4) to read as
follows:
(a-1) The commissioner by rule shall determine a method by
which a student's satisfactory performance on an [advanced
placement test,] international baccalaureate examination[, an SAT
Subject Test,] or another assessment instrument determined by the
commissioner to be at least as rigorous as an end-of-course
assessment instrument adopted under Section 39.023(c) may be used
as a factor in determining whether the student satisfies the
requirements of Subsection (a), including the cumulative score
requirement of that subsection. The commissioner by rule may
determine a method by which a student's satisfactory performance on
a Preliminary Scholastic Assessment Test (PSAT) [assessment] or a
preliminary American College Test (ACT) [assessment] may be used as
a factor in determining whether the student satisfies the
requirements of Subsection (a).
(a-4) The commissioner shall determine a method by which a
student's satisfactory performance on an SAT Subject Test or
successful completion of a dual credit course, as determined in
accordance with commissioner rule, may be used to satisfy the
requirements concerning an end-of-course assessment instrument in
an equivalent subject as prescribed by Subsection (a), including
the cumulative score requirement of that subsection. The
commissioner shall determine a method by which a student's score of
three or higher on an advanced placement test in a subject may be
used to satisfy the requirements concerning an end-of-course
assessment instrument in an equivalent subject as prescribed by
Subsection (a), including the cumulative score requirement of that
subsection. The commissioner shall determine a method by which a
student's overall score on or score on a portion of the Scholastic
Assessment Test (SAT) or American College Test (ACT), determined by
the commissioner in consultation with the commissioner of higher
education to be equal to or higher than the minimum score acceptable
for admission to a public institution of higher education in this
state, may be used to satisfy the requirements concerning an
end-of-course assessment instrument in one or more appropriate
subjects as prescribed by Subsection (a), including the cumulative
score requirement of that subsection. The commissioner shall adopt
rules as necessary for the administration of this subsection.
SECTION 2. Section 39.023(o), Education Code, is repealed.
SECTION 3. This Act applies beginning with the 2013-2014
school year.
SECTION 4. 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, 2013.