By: Deshotel H.B. No. 3466
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to district-required benchmark assessment instruments.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Section 39.0263, Education Code,
is amended by amending Subsection (a) to read as follows:
Sec. 39.0263. ADMINISTRATION OF DISTRICT-REQUIRED
BENCHMARK ASSESSMENT INSTRUMENTS TO PREPARE STUDENTS FOR
STATE-ADMINISTERED ASSESSMENT INSTRUMENTS. (a) In this section,
"benchmark assessment instrument" means a district-required
assessment instrument designed to prepare students for any part of
a corresponding state-administered assessment instrument.
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2015-2016
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.