84R9955 MEW-D
By: Muñoz, Jr. H.B. No. 3503
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the administration of assessment instruments to certain
students of limited English proficiency.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 39.023(l), Education Code, as effective
until on or before September 1, 2015, is amended to read as follows:
(l) The State Board of Education shall adopt rules for the
administration of the assessment instruments adopted under
Subsection (a) or the end-of-course assessment instruments adopted
under Subsection (c) in Spanish to students in grades three through
12 [five] who are of limited English proficiency, as defined by
Section 29.052, whose primary language is Spanish, and who are not
otherwise exempt from the administration of an assessment
instrument under Section 39.027(a)(1) or (2). Each student of
limited English proficiency whose primary language is Spanish,
other than a student to whom Subsection (b) applies, may be assessed
using assessment instruments in Spanish under this subsection [for
up to three years] or assessment instruments in English under
Subsection (a) or end-of-course assessment instruments in English
under Subsection (c). The language proficiency assessment
committee established under Section 29.063 shall determine which
students are administered assessment instruments in Spanish under
this subsection.
SECTION 2. Section 39.023(l), Education Code, as effective
on or before September 1, 2015, is amended to read as follows:
(l) The State Board of Education shall adopt rules for the
administration of the assessment instruments adopted under
Subsection (a) or the end-of-course assessment instruments adopted
under Subsection (c) and, to the extent applicable, the assessment
instruments adopted under Subsection (a-4) in Spanish to students
in grades three through 12 [, four, and five] who are of limited
English proficiency, as defined by Section 29.052, whose primary
language is Spanish, and who are not otherwise exempt from the
administration of an assessment instrument under Section
39.027(a)(1) or (2). Each student of limited English proficiency
whose primary language is Spanish, other than a student to whom
Subsection (b) applies, may be assessed using assessment
instruments in Spanish under this subsection [for up to three
years] or assessment instruments in English under Subsection (a) or
end-of-course assessment instruments in English under Subsection
(c) and, as applicable, Subsection (a-4). The language
proficiency assessment committee established under Section 29.063
shall determine which students are administered assessment
instruments in Spanish under this subsection.
SECTION 3. Section 39.023(l), Education Code, as effective
September 1, 2017, is amended to read as follows:
(l) The State Board of Education shall adopt rules for the
administration of the assessment instruments adopted under
Subsection (a) or the end-of-course assessment instruments adopted
under Subsection (c) in Spanish to students in grades three through
12 [five] who are of limited English proficiency, as defined by
Section 29.052, whose primary language is Spanish, and who are not
otherwise exempt from the administration of an assessment
instrument under Section 39.027(a)(1) or (2). Each student of
limited English proficiency whose primary language is Spanish,
other than a student to whom Subsection (b) applies, may be assessed
using assessment instruments in Spanish under this subsection [for
up to three years] or assessment instruments in English under
Subsection (a) or end-of-course assessment instruments in English
under Subsection (c). The language proficiency assessment
committee established under Section 29.063 shall determine which
students are administered assessment instruments in Spanish under
this subsection.
SECTION 4. This Act applies beginning with the 2015-2016
school year.
SECTION 5. 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.