| 1 | 1 | | 84R4679 MK-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Seliger S.B. No. 452 |
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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 administering the Texas Success Initiative assessment |
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| 8 | 8 | | instrument to certain public school students. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 28, Education Code, is |
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| 11 | 11 | | amended by adding Section 28.0081 to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Sec. 28.0081. ADMINISTRATION OF ASSESSMENT INSTRUMENT FOR |
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| 13 | 13 | | DIAGNOSTIC PURPOSES. Not later than April 1 of each school year, a |
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| 14 | 14 | | school district shall administer an assessment instrument |
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| 15 | 15 | | designated by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board under |
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| 16 | 16 | | Section 51.3062(c) to each student in the district enrolled in the |
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| 17 | 17 | | 10th grade. A student's performance on the assessment instrument |
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| 18 | 18 | | may only be used for diagnostic purposes, including a determination |
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| 19 | 19 | | as to whether a student should be enrolled in developmental |
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| 20 | 20 | | education courses. If a student is in a special education program |
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| 21 | 21 | | under Subchapter A, Chapter 29, the student's admission, review, |
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| 22 | 22 | | and dismissal committee shall determine if it is appropriate for |
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| 23 | 23 | | the student to be administered the assessment instrument required |
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| 24 | 24 | | under this section. |
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| 25 | 25 | | SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2015-2016 |
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| 26 | 26 | | school year. |
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| 27 | 27 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 28 | 28 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 29 | 29 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 30 | 30 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 31 | 31 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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