83R7218 PAM-D
By: Davis S.B. No. 1309
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to assessment alternatives or accommodations for public
school students in special education programs.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 39.023, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows:
(b-1) A teacher may not be required to prepare
individualized prompts for a student who will be administered an
alternative assessment instrument developed or adopted under
Subsection (b) or an assessment instrument required by this section
for which a student's admission, review, and dismissal committee
determines allowable modifications are necessary. Any prompt for
use in the administration of the assessment instrument must be
provided as supplementary information for the assessment
instrument.
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.