84R9849 MK-D
By: Miller of Fort Bend H.B. No. 3201
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a federal waiver to allow the Texas Education Agency to
administer annual assessment instruments based on modified
achievement standards for certain public school students.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Not later than January 1, 2016, the Texas
Education Agency shall apply to the United States Department of
Education for a waiver of the federal prohibition on the use of
annual assessment instruments based on modified achievement
standards for students served by special education services.
SECTION 2. After receiving the waiver requested under
Section 1 of this Act, the Texas Education Agency shall administer
the STAAR-M assessment instrument to eligible special education
students beginning with the 2016-2017 school year.
SECTION 3. 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, 2015.