| 1 | 1 | | 84R4529 JSL-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Seliger S.B. No. 312 |
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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 a required report made to a public school student, |
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| 8 | 8 | | parent, and teacher regarding the student's performance on certain |
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| 9 | 9 | | state-adopted or state-developed assessment instruments. |
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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. Subchapter B, Chapter 39, Education Code, is |
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| 12 | 12 | | amended by adding Section 39.0239 to read as follows: |
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| 13 | 13 | | Sec. 39.0239. REQUIRED REPORT FOR CERTAIN ASSESSMENTS. (a) |
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| 14 | 14 | | Following the administration of an assessment instrument adopted or |
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| 15 | 15 | | developed under Section 39.023(a), the agency shall provide a |
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| 16 | 16 | | detailed report of a student's performance on the assessment |
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| 17 | 17 | | instrument to: |
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| 18 | 18 | | (1) the student; |
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| 19 | 19 | | (2) the student's parent or other person standing in |
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| 20 | 20 | | parental relationship; and |
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| 21 | 21 | | (3) the student's teachers. |
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| 22 | 22 | | (b) The report provided under Subsection (a) must include an |
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| 23 | 23 | | analysis of a student's performance on each assessed standard or |
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| 24 | 24 | | skill in the essential knowledge and skills of the subject for which |
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| 25 | 25 | | the assessment instrument was administered. The analysis must |
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| 26 | 26 | | indicate whether the student mastered each standard or skill |
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| 27 | 27 | | assessed in the assessment instrument. |
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| 28 | 28 | | (c) The analysis under Subsection (b) must demonstrate both |
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| 29 | 29 | | individual assessment results and assessment results aggregated |
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| 30 | 30 | | across classes, campuses, and districts. |
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| 31 | 31 | | (d) The commissioner may contract with a third party to |
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| 32 | 32 | | fulfill the requirements of this section. |
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| 33 | 33 | | SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2015-2016 |
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| 34 | 34 | | school year. |
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| 35 | 35 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 36 | 36 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 37 | 37 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 38 | 38 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 39 | 39 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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