Texas 2019 - 86th Regular

Texas House Bill HB1687 Compare Versions

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1	1	86R4828 SRS-D
2	2	By: White H.B. No. 1687
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to eliminating certain state-required assessment
8	8	instruments and certain end-of-course assessment instruments not
9	9	required by federal law.
10	10	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
11	11	SECTION 1. Section 39.023, Education Code, is amended by
12	12	amending Subsections (a), (c), (c-2), and (c-3) and adding
13	13	Subsection (r) to read as follows:
14	14	(a) The agency shall adopt or develop appropriate
15	15	criterion-referenced assessment instruments designed to assess
16	16	essential knowledge and skills in reading, [writing,] mathematics,
17	17	[social studies,] and science. Except as provided by Subsection
18	18	(a-2), all students, other than students assessed under Subsection
19	19	(b) or (l) or exempted under Section 39.027, shall be assessed in:
20	20	(1) mathematics, annually in grades three through
21	21	seven without the aid of technology and in grade eight with the aid
22	22	of technology on any assessment instrument that includes algebra;
23	23	(2) reading, annually in grades three through eight;
24	24	and
25	25	(3) [writing, including spelling and grammar, in
26	26	grades four and seven;
27	27	[(4) social studies, in grade eight;
28	28	[(5)] science, in grades five and eight[; and
29	29	[(6) any other subject and grade required by federal
30	30	law].
31	31	(c) The agency shall also adopt end-of-course assessment
32	32	instruments for secondary-level courses in reading, mathematics,
33	33	and science only as necessary to comply with the Every Student
34	34	Succeeds Act (20 U.S.C. Section 6301 et seq.) to be administered
35	35	only as necessary to meet the minimum requirements of that Act
36	36	[Algebra I, biology, English I, English II, and United States
37	37	history. The Algebra I end-of-course assessment instrument must be
38	38	administered with the aid of technology. The English I and English
39	39	II end-of-course assessment instruments must each assess essential
40	40	knowledge and skills in both reading and writing in the same
41	41	assessment instrument and must provide a single score]. A school
42	42	district shall comply with State Board of Education rules regarding
43	43	administration of the assessment instruments adopted under [listed
44	44	in] this subsection. If a student is in a special education program
45	45	under Subchapter A, Chapter 29, the student's admission, review,
46	46	and dismissal committee shall determine whether any allowable
47	47	modification is necessary in administering to the student an
48	48	assessment instrument required under this subsection. The State
49	49	Board of Education shall administer the assessment instruments.
50	50	[The State Board of Education shall adopt a schedule for the
51	51	administration of end-of-course assessment instruments that
52	52	complies with the requirements of Subsection (c-3).]
53	53	(c-2) The agency may adopt end-of-course assessment
54	54	instruments for courses for which end-of-course assessment
55	55	instruments are not adopted under [not listed in] Subsection
56	56	(c). A student's performance on an end-of-course assessment
57	57	instrument adopted under this subsection is not subject to the
58	58	performance requirements established under Subsection (c) or
59	59	Section 39.025.
60	60	(c-3) The State Board of Education, with input from school
61	61	districts, shall adopt [In adopting] a schedule for the
62	62	administration of assessment instruments under this section that
63	63	minimizes the disruption of classroom instruction [, the State
64	64	Board of Education shall require:
65	65	[(1) assessment instruments administered under
66	66	Subsection (a) to be administered on a schedule so that the first
67	67	assessment instrument is administered at least two weeks later than
68	68	the date on which the first assessment instrument was administered
69	69	under Subsection (a) during the 2006-2007 school year; and
70	70	[(2) the spring administration of end-of-course
71	71	assessment instruments under Subsection (c) to occur in each school
72	72	district not earlier than the first full week in May, except that
73	73	the spring administration of the end-of-course assessment
74	74	instruments in English I and English II must be permitted to occur
75	75	at an earlier date].
76	76	(r) Notwithstanding any provision of this section or other
77	77	law, if changes made to the Every Student Succeeds Act (20 U.S.C.
78	78	Section 6301 et seq.) reduce the number or frequency of assessment
79	79	instruments required to be administered to students, the State
80	80	Board of Education shall adopt rules reducing the number or
81	81	frequency of assessment instruments administered to students under
82	82	state law, and the commissioner shall ensure that students are not
83	83	assessed in subject areas or in grades that are no longer required
84	84	to meet the minimum requirements of that Act.
85	85	SECTION 2. Section 39.025(a-1), Education Code, is amended
86	86	to read as follows:
87	87	(a-1) A student enrolled in a college preparatory
88	88	mathematics or English language arts course under Section 28.014
89	89	who satisfies the Texas Success Initiative (TSI) college readiness
90	90	benchmarks prescribed by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating
91	91	Board under Section 51.334 on an assessment instrument designated
92	92	by the coordinating board under that section administered at the
93	93	end of the college preparatory mathematics or English language arts
94	94	course satisfies the requirements concerning and is exempt from the
95	95	administration of the mathematics or reading [Algebra I or the
96	96	English I and English II] end-of-course assessment instrument
97	97	adopted under Section 39.023(c) [instruments], as applicable, [as
98	98	prescribed by Section 39.023(c),] even if the student did not
99	99	perform satisfactorily on a previous administration of the
100	100	applicable end-of-course assessment instrument. A student who
101	101	fails to perform satisfactorily on the assessment instrument
102	102	designated by the coordinating board under Section 51.334
103	103	administered as provided by this subsection may retake that
104	104	assessment instrument for purposes of this subsection or may take
105	105	the appropriate end-of-course assessment instrument.
106	106	SECTION 3. Section 39.203(c), Education Code, is amended to
107	107	read as follows:
108	108	(c) In addition to the distinction designations described
109	109	by Subsections (a) and (b), a campus that satisfies the criteria
110	110	developed under Section 39.204 shall be awarded a distinction
111	111	designation by the commissioner for outstanding performance in
112	112	academic achievement in reading [English language arts],
113	113	mathematics, or science[, or social studies].
114	114	SECTION 4. This Act applies beginning with the 2019-2020
115	115	school year.
116	116	SECTION 5. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
117	117	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
118	118	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
119	119	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
120	120	Act takes effect September 1, 2019.