83R2851 CAS-D
By: King of Parker H.B. No. 290
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to school district selection of assessment instruments in
place of state-administered assessment instruments.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 39.026, Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 39.026. LOCAL OPTION. (a) Notwithstanding any other
provision of this title, in place of [In addition to] the assessment
instruments adopted by the agency and administered by the State
Board of Education, a school district board of trustees may adopt
and provide for administration by district employees of
[administer] criterion-referenced or norm-referenced assessment
instruments[, or both,] at any grade level for which administration
of assessment instruments is required under Section 39.023. An [A
norm-referenced] assessment instrument adopted and administered
under this subsection [section] must be economical[, nationally
recognized,] and approved by the agency [state-approved]. The
commissioner shall adopt rules as necessary for the administration
of this subsection, including rules for using the assessment
instruments adopted and administered under this subsection for
purposes of this code in place of the assessment instruments
otherwise required under this subchapter.
(b) In addition to assessment instruments adopted and
administered under Subsection (a), a school district board of
trustees may adopt and provide for administration of
criterion-referenced or norm-referenced assessment instruments at
any grade level. An assessment instrument adopted under this
subsection must be economical and approved by the agency.
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2013-2014
school year.
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, 2013.