84R4529 JSL-F
By: Seliger S.B. No. 312
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a required report made to a public school student,
parent, and teacher regarding the student's performance on certain
state-adopted or state-developed assessment instruments.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 39, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 39.0239 to read as follows:
Sec. 39.0239. REQUIRED REPORT FOR CERTAIN ASSESSMENTS. (a)
Following the administration of an assessment instrument adopted or
developed under Section 39.023(a), the agency shall provide a
detailed report of a student's performance on the assessment
instrument to:
(1) the student;
(2) the student's parent or other person standing in
parental relationship; and
(3) the student's teachers.
(b) The report provided under Subsection (a) must include an
analysis of a student's performance on each assessed standard or
skill in the essential knowledge and skills of the subject for which
the assessment instrument was administered. The analysis must
indicate whether the student mastered each standard or skill
assessed in the assessment instrument.
(c) The analysis under Subsection (b) must demonstrate both
individual assessment results and assessment results aggregated
across classes, campuses, and districts.
(d) The commissioner may contract with a third party to
fulfill the requirements of this section.
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.