S.B. No. 1005
AN ACT
relating to the use of certain assessment instruments as secondary
exit-level assessment instruments to allow certain public school
students to receive a high school diploma.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 39.025, Education Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (f) and adding Subsections (f-1) and (f-2) to
read as follows:
(f) The commissioner shall by rule adopt a transition plan
to implement the amendments made by Chapter 1312 (S.B. No. 1031),
Acts of the 80th Legislature, Regular Session, 2007, replacing
general subject assessment instruments administered at the high
school level with end-of-course assessment instruments. The rules
must provide for the end-of-course assessment instruments adopted
under Section 39.023(c) to be administered beginning with students
enrolled in [entering] the ninth grade for the first time during the
2011-2012 school year. During the period under which the
transition to end-of-course assessment instruments is made:
(1) for students entering a grade above the ninth
grade during the 2011-2012 school year or students repeating ninth
grade during the 2011-2012 school year, the commissioner shall
retain, administer, and use for purposes of accreditation and other
campus and district accountability measures under this chapter the
assessment instruments required by Section 39.023(a) or (c), as
that section existed before amendment by Chapter 1312 (S.B.
No. 1031), Acts of the 80th Legislature, Regular Session, 2007; and
(2) a student subject to Subdivision (1) may not
receive a high school diploma unless the student has performed
satisfactorily on the SAT, the ACT, the Texas Success Initiative
(TSI) diagnostic assessment, or the current assessment instrument
or instruments administered for graduation purposes as provided by
Subsection (f-1) or on each required assessment instrument
administered under Section 39.023(c), as that section existed
before amendment by Chapter 1312 (S.B. No. 1031), Acts of the 80th
Legislature, Regular Session, 2007.
(f-1) The commissioner shall establish satisfactory
performance levels for the SAT, the ACT, the Texas Success
Initiative (TSI) diagnostic assessment, and the current assessment
instrument or instruments administered for graduation purposes
that are equivalent in rigor to the performance level required to be
met under Subsection (a), as that subsection existed before
amendment by Chapter 1312 (S.B. No. 1031), Acts of the 80th
Legislature, Regular Session, 2007, that qualify a student subject
to Subsection (f)(1) to receive a high school diploma.
Notwithstanding Subsection (f), the commissioner is not required
after September 1, 2017, to maintain and administer assessment
instruments administered under Section 39.023(c), as that section
existed before amendment by Chapter 1312 (S.B. No. 1031), Acts of
the 80th Legislature, Regular Session, 2007.
(f-2) A school district shall determine which assessment or
assessments described by Subsection (f-1) qualify a student subject
to Subsection (f)(1) to receive a high school diploma from the
district.
SECTION 2. 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, 2017.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1005 passed the Senate on
May 4, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that the
Senate concurred in House amendments on May 25, 2017, by the
following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1005 passed the House, with
amendments, on May 23, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 145,
Nays 0, two present not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
Approved:
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Date
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Governor