S.B. No. 825
AN ACT
relating to school district discretion to administer college
preparation assessment instruments to public school students at
state cost.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 39.0261(a), Education Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(a) In addition to the assessment instruments otherwise
authorized or required by this subchapter:
(1) each school year and at state cost, a school
district may [shall] administer to students in the spring of the
eighth grade an established, valid, reliable, and nationally
norm-referenced preliminary college preparation assessment
instrument for the purpose of diagnosing the academic strengths and
deficiencies of students before entrance into high school;
(2) each school year and at state cost, a school
district may [shall] administer to students in the 10th grade an
established, valid, reliable, and nationally norm-referenced
preliminary college preparation assessment instrument for the
purpose of measuring a student's progress toward readiness for
college and the workplace; and
(3) high school students in the spring of the 11th
grade or during the 12th grade may select and take once, at state
cost, one of the valid, reliable, and nationally norm-referenced
assessment instruments used by colleges and universities as part of
their undergraduate admissions processes.
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2017-2018
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, 2017.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 825 passed the Senate on
May 16, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 28, Nays 2.
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Secretary of the Senate
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 825 passed the House on
May 24, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 3, two
present not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
Approved:
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Date
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Governor