Texas 2017 - 85th Regular

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1	1	85R20774 SRS-F
2	2	By: Blanco, Tinderholt, et al. H.B. No. 2302
3	3	Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2302:
4	4	By: Gutierrez C.S.H.B. No. 2302
5	5
6	6
7	7	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	8	AN ACT
9	9	relating to providing an opportunity for public high school
10	10	students in grades 10 through 12 to take the Armed Services
11	11	Vocational Aptitude Battery test or an alternative vocational
12	12	aptitude test.
13	13	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
14	14	SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 29, Education Code, is
15	15	amended by adding Section 29.9015 to read as follows:
16	16	Sec. 29.9015. ARMED SERVICES VOCATIONAL APTITUDE BATTERY
17	17	TEST. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (d) or (e), each school
18	18	year each school district and open-enrollment charter school shall
19	19	provide students in grades 10 through 12 an opportunity to take the
20	20	Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery test and consult with a
21	21	military recruiter.
22	22	(b) The test under Subsection (a) must be scheduled:
23	23	(1) during normal school hours; and
24	24	(2) to optimize student participation, at a time that
25	25	limits conflicts with extracurricular activities.
26	26	(c) Each school district and open-enrollment charter school
27	27	shall provide each student in grades 10 through 12 and the student's
28	28	parent or person standing in parental relation to the student a
29	29	notice of the date, time, and location of the scheduled
30	30	administration of the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery
31	31	test.
32	32	(d) A school district or open-enrollment charter school may
33	33	elect not to provide the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery
34	34	test only if the district or school provides an alternative test
35	35	that:
36	36	(1) assesses a student's aptitude for success in a
37	37	career field other than a career field that requires postsecondary
38	38	education;
39	39	(2) is free to administer;
40	40	(3) requires minimal training and support of district
41	41	or school faculty and staff to administer the test; and
42	42	(4) provides the student with a professional
43	43	interpretation of the test results that allows the student to:
44	44	(A) explore occupations that are consistent with
45	45	the student's interests and skills; and
46	46	(B) develop strategies to attain the student's
47	47	career goals.
48	48	(e) This subsection applies only to a school district,
49	49	open-enrollment charter school, or high school that, before
50	50	September 1, 2017, entered into a contract under which a vocational
51	51	aptitude test that does not comply with the requirements for an
52	52	alternative test under Subsection (d) is provided to students in
53	53	grades 10 through 12. A school district, open-enrollment charter
54	54	school, or high school subject to this subsection may elect not to
55	55	provide the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery test for the
56	56	term of the contract. On the expiration of the contract term, the
57	57	exemption provided by this subsection is not applicable.
58	58	(f) Not later than August 1 of each year, the agency shall
59	59	publish a list of school districts and open-enrollment charter
60	60	schools that elected under Subsection (d) or (e) not to provide the
61	61	Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery test during the previous
62	62	school year.
63	63	SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2017-2018
64	64	school year.
65	65	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
66	66	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
67	67	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
68	68	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
69	69	Act takes effect September 1, 2017.