| 1 | 1 | | 84R11788 PAM-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Hall S.B. No. 1431 |
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| 4 | 4 | | |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to promoting efficiency in school district administration |
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| 8 | 8 | | by limiting, reducing, simplifying, or eliminating certain |
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| 9 | 9 | | processes and procedures. |
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| 10 | 10 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 11 | 11 | | SECTION 1. Sections 7.060(a) and (b), Education Code, are |
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| 12 | 12 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 13 | 13 | | (a) At least once each [even-numbered] year, the |
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| 14 | 14 | | commissioner shall review and, to the greatest extent practicable, |
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| 15 | 15 | | reduce and consolidate written reports and other paperwork, |
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| 16 | 16 | | including surveys, required of a school district by the agency. |
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| 17 | 17 | | (b) The commissioner shall adopt a policy that limits |
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| 18 | 18 | | written reports and other paperwork, including surveys, that a |
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| 19 | 19 | | principal or classroom teacher may be required by the agency to |
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| 20 | 20 | | complete. |
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| 21 | 21 | | SECTION 2. Subchapter C, Chapter 38, Education Code, is |
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| 22 | 22 | | amended by adding Section 38.1045 to read as follows: |
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| 23 | 23 | | Sec. 38.1045. COMMISSIONER REVIEW OF ASSESSMENT |
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| 24 | 24 | | PROCEDURES. The commissioner shall review the procedures for |
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| 25 | 25 | | performing, reporting, and analyzing the results of physical |
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| 26 | 26 | | fitness assessment instruments administered under this subchapter |
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| 27 | 27 | | and develop alternative procedures for simplifying, to the greatest |
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| 28 | 28 | | extent practicable, each stage of the process. |
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| 29 | 29 | | SECTION 3. Subchapter B, Chapter 39, Education Code, is |
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| 30 | 30 | | amended by adding Section 39.0225 to read as follows: |
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| 31 | 31 | | Sec. 39.0225. PERSONNEL FOR ADMINISTRATION OF ASSESSMENT |
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| 32 | 32 | | INSTRUMENTS. Each school district shall review assessment |
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| 33 | 33 | | instrument administration procedures and develop a plan to reduce, |
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| 34 | 34 | | to the greatest extent practicable, the number of personnel used to |
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| 35 | 35 | | administer assessment instruments required under Section 39.023. |
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| 36 | 36 | | SECTION 4. The heading to Section 39.035, Education Code, |
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| 37 | 37 | | is amended to read as follows: |
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| 38 | 38 | | Sec. 39.035. [LIMITATION ON] FIELD TESTING OF ASSESSMENT |
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| 39 | 39 | | INSTRUMENTS PROHIBITED. |
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| 40 | 40 | | SECTION 5. Section 39.035(a), Education Code, is amended to |
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| 41 | 41 | | read as follows: |
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| 42 | 42 | | (a) The [Subject to Subsection (b), the] agency may not |
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| 43 | 43 | | conduct field testing of questions for any assessment instrument |
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| 44 | 44 | | administered under Section 39.023(a), (b), (c), (d), or (l) [that |
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| 45 | 45 | | is separate from the administration of the assessment instrument |
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| 46 | 46 | | not more frequently than every other school year]. |
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| 47 | 47 | | SECTION 6. Sections 39.035(b) and (c), Education Code, are |
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| 48 | 48 | | repealed. |
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| 49 | 49 | | SECTION 7. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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