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.