83R748 PAM-F
By: Flynn H.B. No. 44
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a moratorium on administering assessment instruments to
public school students under the public school accountability
system.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 39, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 39.0221 to read as follows:
Sec. 39.0221. TEMPORARY MORATORIUM ON ADMINISTERING
ASSESSMENT INSTRUMENTS. (a) The agency shall:
(1) develop a plan for school districts to suspend the
administration of assessment instruments under Section 39.023 for
the 2013-2014 and 2014-2015 school years;
(2) determine whether implementation of a plan under
Subdivision (1) would result in the loss of any federal education
funding under the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (20 U.S.C.
Section 6301 et seq.) or other federal law; and
(3) advise districts regarding any potential loss of
federal education funding.
(b) The superintendent of a school district may suspend
district administration of assessment instruments under Section
39.023 for the 2013-2014 and 2014-2015 school years if the
suspension is:
(1) approved by the board of trustees of the district;
and
(2) consistent with the plan developed by the agency
under Subsection (a).
(c) The superintendent of a school district may apply funds
the superintendent identifies as savings from expenditures that
would otherwise be required for assessment instruments or the
administration of assessment instruments only to:
(1) the retention of teachers or other district
personnel with direct student contact and involvement; or
(2) consumable resources requested by classroom
teachers for classroom instruction.
(d) The amount of state funding a school district receives
each school year is not contingent on a superintendent's decision
under this section concerning the administration of assessment
instruments under Section 39.023 for the 2013-2014 and 2014-2015
school years.
(e) This section expires September 1, 2015.
SECTION 2. 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.