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| 1 | 1 | 84R9849 MK-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Miller of Fort Bend H.B. No. 3201 | |
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| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to a federal waiver to allow the Texas Education Agency to | |
| 8 | 8 | administer annual assessment instruments based on modified | |
| 9 | 9 | achievement standards for certain public school students. | |
| 10 | 10 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 11 | 11 | SECTION 1. Not later than January 1, 2016, the Texas | |
| 12 | 12 | Education Agency shall apply to the United States Department of | |
| 13 | 13 | Education for a waiver of the federal prohibition on the use of | |
| 14 | 14 | annual assessment instruments based on modified achievement | |
| 15 | 15 | standards for students served by special education services. | |
| 16 | 16 | SECTION 2. After receiving the waiver requested under | |
| 17 | 17 | Section 1 of this Act, the Texas Education Agency shall administer | |
| 18 | 18 | the STAAR-M assessment instrument to eligible special education | |
| 19 | 19 | students beginning with the 2016-2017 school year. | |
| 20 | 20 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 21 | 21 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 22 | 22 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 23 | 23 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 24 | 24 | Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |