84R1740 KJE-D
By: Guillen H.B. No. 1612
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a requirement that public institutions of higher
education provide certain information to students and school
districts regarding student performance on Texas Success
Initiative assessment instruments.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 51.3062, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsections (u) and (u-1) to read as follows:
(u) An institution of higher education that administers an
assessment instrument to students under this section shall:
(1) provide to each assessed student an individual
score report that includes information regarding each item answered
incorrectly by the student; and
(2) report to each school district from which assessed
students graduated high school the following data on the district's
students:
(A) each student's scores on the assessment
instrument; and
(B) data on the students' overall performance on
the assessment instrument disaggregated by:
(i) content area for each subject tested;
and
(ii) student demographics, including
campus, race, ethnicity, sex, age, and populations served by
special programs, including special education, bilingual
education, special language programs, gifted and talented
programs, and compensatory education programs.
(u-1) The board shall adopt rules as necessary to implement
Subsection (u), including rules for implementing that subsection in
a manner that complies with federal law regarding confidentiality
of student medical or educational information, including the Health
Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (42 U.S.C.
Section 1320d et seq.) and the Family Educational Rights and
Privacy Act of 1974 (20 U.S.C. Section 1232g), and any state law
relating to the privacy of student information.
SECTION 2. Sections 51.3062(u) and (u-1), Education Code,
as added by this Act, apply beginning with assessment instruments
administered by public institutions of higher education to entering
undergraduate students for the 2016 fall semester.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.