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55 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
66 AN ACT
77 relating to the academic assessment of public school students.
88 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
99 SECTION 1. Section 18.006(b), Education Code, is amended to
1010 read as follows:
1111 (b) In addition to other factors determined to be
1212 appropriate by the commissioner, the accountability system must
1313 include consideration of:
1414 (1) student performance on the [end-of-course]
1515 assessment instruments administered under [required by] Section
1616 39.023(c); and
1717 (2) dropout rates, including dropout rates and diploma
1818 program completion rates for the grade levels served by the diploma
1919 program.
2020 SECTION 2. Section 25.005(b), Education Code, is amended to
2121 read as follows:
2222 (b) A reciprocity agreement must:
2323 (1) address procedures for:
2424 (A) transferring student records;
2525 (B) awarding credit for completed course work;
2626 and
2727 (C) permitting a student to satisfy the
2828 requirements of Section 39.025 through successful performance on
2929 comparable [end-of-course or other exit-level] assessment
3030 instruments administered in another state; and
3131 (2) include appropriate criteria developed by the
3232 agency.
3333 SECTION 3. Section 28.014(a), Education Code, is amended to
3434 read as follows:
3535 (a) Each school district shall partner with at least one
3636 institution of higher education to develop and provide courses in
3737 college preparatory mathematics and English language arts. The
3838 courses must be designed:
3939 (1) for students at the 12th grade level whose
4040 performance on:
4141 (A) an [end-of-course] assessment instrument
4242 administered [required] under Section 39.023(c) does not meet
4343 college readiness standards; or
4444 (B) coursework, a college entrance examination,
4545 or an assessment instrument designated under Section 51.334
4646 indicates that the student is not ready to perform entry-level
4747 college coursework; and
4848 (2) to prepare students for success in entry-level
4949 college courses.
5050 SECTION 4. Section 28.0211(o), Education Code, is amended
5151 to read as follows:
5252 (o) This section does not require the administration of
5353 a fifth [or eighth] grade assessment instrument in a subject under
5454 Section 39.023(a) to a student enrolled in the fifth [or eighth]
5555 grade[, as applicable,] if the student[:
5656 [(1)] is enrolled in a course in the subject intended
5757 for students above the student's grade level and will be
5858 administered an assessment instrument adopted or developed under
5959 Section 39.023(a) that aligns with the curriculum for the course in
6060 which the student is enrolled[; or
6161 [(2) is enrolled in a course in the subject for which
6262 the student will receive high school academic credit and will be
6363 administered an end-of-course assessment instrument adopted under
6464 Section 39.023(c) for the course].
6565 SECTION 5. Section 28.023(c), Education Code, is amended to
6666 read as follows:
6767 (c) A school district shall give a student in grade level
6868 six or above credit for a subject on the basis of an examination for
6969 credit in the subject approved by the board of trustees under
7070 Subsection (a) if the student scores in the 80th percentile or above
7171 on the examination or if the student achieves a score as provided by
7272 Subsection (c-1). If a student is given credit in a subject on the
7373 basis of an examination, the district shall enter the examination
7474 score on the student's transcript [and the student is not required
7575 to take an end-of-course assessment instrument adopted under
7676 Section 39.023(c) for that subject].
7777 SECTION 6. Section 28.025(b-4), Education Code, is amended
7878 to read as follows:
7979 (b-4) A school district may offer the curriculum described
8080 in Subsections (b-1)(1) through (4) in an applied manner. Courses
8181 delivered in an applied manner must cover the essential knowledge
8282 and skills[, and the student shall be administered the applicable
8383 end-of-course assessment instrument as provided by Sections
8484 39.023(c) and 39.025].
8585 SECTION 7. Section 28.0255, Education Code, is amended by
8686 amending Subsections (g) and (h) and adding Subsection (g-1) to
8787 read as follows:
8888 (g) A student entering the ninth grade for the first time
8989 beginning with the 2019-2020 school year is entitled to a high
9090 school diploma if the student:
9191 (1) successfully complies with the curriculum
9292 requirements specified under Subsection (e); and
9393 (2) performs satisfactorily, as determined by the
9494 commissioner under Subsection (h), on each [end-of-course]
9595 assessment instrument selected [instruments listed] under Section
9696 39.023(c) by the school district [for courses] in which the student
9797 is [was] enrolled.
9898 (g-1) A student other than a student described by Subsection
9999 (g) is entitled to a high school diploma if the student:
100100 (1) successfully complies with the curriculum
101101 requirements specified under Subsection (e); and
102102 (2) performs satisfactorily, as determined by the
103103 commissioner under Subsection (h), on:
104104 (A) each assessment instrument selected under
105105 Section 39.023(c) by the school district in which the student is
106106 enrolled; or
107107 (B) assessment instruments listed under Section
108108 39.023(c), as that section existed before amendment by _.B. ___,
109109 Acts of the 86th Legislature, Regular Session, 2019, for courses in
110110 which the student was enrolled.
111111 (h) For purposes of Subsections [Subsection] (g)(2) and
112112 (g-1)(2), the commissioner shall determine the level of
113113 satisfactory performance on applicable [end-of-course] assessment
114114 instruments administered to a student.
115115 SECTION 8. Sections 29.081(b) and (b-1), Education Code,
116116 are amended to read as follows:
117117 (b) Each district shall provide accelerated instruction to
118118 a student enrolled in the district who has taken an [end-of-course]
119119 assessment instrument administered under Section 39.023(c) and has
120120 not performed satisfactorily on the assessment instrument or who is
121121 at risk of dropping out of school.
122122 (b-1) Each school district shall offer before the next
123123 scheduled administration of the assessment instrument, without
124124 cost to the student, additional accelerated instruction to each
125125 student in any subject in which the student failed to perform
126126 satisfactorily on an [end-of-course] assessment instrument
127127 required for graduation.
128128 SECTION 9. Section 29.087(f), Education Code, is amended to
129129 read as follows:
130130 (f) A student participating in a program authorized by this
131131 section, other than a student ordered to participate under
132132 Subsection (d)(1), must have taken any [the] appropriate
133133 [end-of-course] assessment instrument [instruments] specified by
134134 Section 39.023(c) that is administered before the student enters
135135 [entering] the program and must take any [each] appropriate
136136 [end-of-course] assessment instrument that is administered during
137137 the period in which the student is enrolled in the program. Except
138138 for a student ordered to participate under Subsection (d)(1), a
139139 student participating in the program may not take the high school
140140 equivalency examination unless the student has taken the assessment
141141 instruments required by this subsection.
142142 SECTION 10. Section 29.402(b), Education Code, is amended
143143 to read as follows:
144144 (b) A person who is under 26 years of age is eligible to
145145 enroll in a dropout recovery program under this subchapter if the
146146 person:
147147 (1) must complete not more than three course credits
148148 to complete the curriculum requirements for the foundation high
149149 school program for high school graduation; or
150150 (2) has failed to perform satisfactorily on, as
151151 applicable:
152152 (A) an [end-of-course] assessment instrument
153153 administered under Section 39.023(c);
154154 (B) an assessment instrument administered under
155155 Section 39.023(c) as that section existed before amendment by _.B.
156156 ___, Acts of the 86th Legislature, Regular Session, 2019; or
157157 (C) an assessment instrument administered under
158158 Section 39.023(c) as that section existed before amendment by
159159 Chapter 1312 (S.B. 1031), Acts of the 80th Legislature, Regular
160160 Session, 2007.
161161 SECTION 11. Section 39.023, Education Code, is amended by
162162 amending Subsections (a), (a-2), (c), (c-3), (c-5), (e), (g), (h),
163163 (i), and (p) and adding Subsections (h-1) and (q) to read as
164164 follows:
165165 (a) The agency shall adopt or develop appropriate
166166 criterion-referenced assessment instruments designed to assess
167167 essential knowledge and skills in reading, [writing,] mathematics,
168168 [social studies,] and science. Except as provided by Subsection
169169 (a-2), all students, other than students assessed under Subsection
170170 (b) or (l) or exempted under Section 39.027, shall be assessed in:
171171 (1) mathematics, annually in grades three through
172172 seven without the aid of technology and in grade eight with the aid
173173 of technology on any assessment instrument that includes algebra;
174174 (2) reading, annually in grades three through eight;
175175 (3) [writing, including spelling and grammar, in
176176 grades four and seven;
177177 [(4) social studies, in grade eight;
178178 [(5)] science, in grades five and eight; and
179179 (4) [(6)] any other subject and grade required by
180180 federal law.
181181 (a-2) Except as required by federal law, a student is not
182182 required to be assessed in a subject otherwise assessed at the
183183 student's grade level under Subsection (a) if the student[:
184184 [(1)] is enrolled in a course in the subject intended
185185 for students above the student's grade level and will be
186186 administered an assessment instrument adopted or developed under
187187 Subsection (a) that aligns with the curriculum for the course in
188188 which the student is enrolled[; or
189189 [(2) is enrolled in a course in the subject for which
190190 the student will receive high school academic credit and will be
191191 administered an end-of-course assessment instrument adopted under
192192 Subsection (c) for the course].
193193 (c) The agency shall also provide for [adopt end-of-course]
194194 assessment instruments for each federally required secondary-level
195195 subject, including English language arts, mathematics, and
196196 science. The commissioner shall identify a procedure for a school
197197 district to select for the assessment of students under this
198198 subsection the Texas Success Initiative (TSI) diagnostic
199199 assessment or the SAT, the ACT, the PSAT, or the ACT-Plan or any
200200 other nationally recognized, norm-referenced secondary-level
201201 assessment instrument designated by the commissioner. Each school
202202 district shall select one or more assessment instruments for
203203 purposes of this subsection. A school district that selects more
204204 than one assessment instrument must administer uniformly to
205205 students in the district the same assessment instrument to satisfy
206206 the requirement for the same subject [courses in Algebra I,
207207 biology, English I, English II, and United States history. The
208208 Algebra I end-of-course assessment instrument must be administered
209209 with the aid of technology]. An [The English I and English II
210210 end-of-course] assessment instrument designated under this section
211211 [instruments] must [each] assess essential knowledge and skills in
212212 the appropriate subject [both reading and writing in the same
213213 assessment instrument and must provide a single score]. A school
214214 district shall comply with State Board of Education rules regarding
215215 administration of the assessment instruments under [listed in] this
216216 subsection. If a student is in a special education program under
217217 Subchapter A, Chapter 29, the student's admission, review, and
218218 dismissal committee shall determine whether any allowable
219219 modification is necessary in administering to the student an
220220 assessment instrument required under this subsection. [The State
221221 Board of Education shall administer the assessment instruments.
222222 The State Board of Education shall adopt a schedule for the
223223 administration of end-of-course assessment instruments that
224224 complies with the requirements of Subsection (c-3).]
225225 (c-3) In adopting a schedule for the administration of
226226 assessment instruments under this section, the State Board of
227227 Education shall require[:
228228 [(1)] assessment instruments administered under
229229 Subsection (a) to be administered on a schedule so that the first
230230 assessment instrument is administered at least two weeks later than
231231 the date on which the first assessment instrument was administered
232232 under Subsection (a) during the 2006-2007 school year[; and
233233 [(2) the spring administration of end-of-course
234234 assessment instruments under Subsection (c) to occur in each school
235235 district not earlier than the first full week in May, except that
236236 the spring administration of the end-of-course assessment
237237 instruments in English I and English II must be permitted to occur
238238 at an earlier date].
239239 (c-5) A student's performance on an [end-of-course]
240240 assessment instrument administered [required] under Subsection (c)
241241 must be included in the student's academic achievement record.
242242 (e) Under rules adopted by the State Board of Education,
243243 every third year, the agency shall release the questions and answer
244244 keys to each assessment instrument administered under Subsection
245245 (a), (b), [(c), (d),] or (l), excluding any assessment instrument
246246 administered to a student for the purpose of retaking the
247247 assessment instrument, after the last time the instrument is
248248 administered for that school year. To ensure a valid bank of
249249 questions for use each year, the agency is not required to release a
250250 question that is being field-tested and was not used to compute the
251251 student's score on the instrument. The agency shall also release,
252252 under board rule, each question that is no longer being
253253 field-tested and that was not used to compute a student's score.
254254 [During the 2014-2015 and 2015-2016 school years, the agency shall
255255 release the questions and answer keys to assessment instruments as
256256 described by this subsection each year.]
257257 (g) An [The State Board of Education may adopt one
258258 appropriate, nationally recognized, norm-referenced] assessment
259259 instrument administered under Subsection (c) [in reading and
260260 mathematics to be administered to a selected sample of students in
261261 the spring. If adopted, a norm-referenced assessment instrument]
262262 must be a secured test. The commissioner shall contract with a
263263 vendor to administer the assessment instrument, complete the
264264 scoring of the assessment instrument, and distribute within a
265265 reasonable period the results to the agency and the relevant
266266 results to each school district. As soon as practicable after the
267267 district receives the results from the vendor under this
268268 subsection, the district shall:
269269 (1) distribute the relevant results to each district
270270 campus; and
271271 (2) provide written notice to the student and the
272272 person standing in parental relation to the student that states the
273273 student's results and whether the student performed satisfactorily
274274 on the assessment instrument [The state may pay the costs of
275275 purchasing and scoring the adopted assessment instrument and of
276276 distributing the results of the adopted instrument to the school
277277 districts. A district that administers the norm-referenced test
278278 adopted under this subsection shall report the results to the
279279 agency in a manner prescribed by the commissioner].
280280 (h) Except as provided by Subsection (g), the [The] agency
281281 shall notify school districts and campuses of the results of
282282 assessment instruments administered under this section not later
283283 than the 21st day after the date the assessment instrument is
284284 administered.
285285 (h-1) A [The] school district shall disclose to each
286286 district teacher the results of assessment instruments
287287 administered to students taught by the teacher in the subject for
288288 the school year in which the assessment instrument is administered.
289289 (i) The provisions of this section[, except Subsection
290290 (d),] are subject to modification by rules adopted under Section
291291 39.022. Each assessment instrument adopted or designated under
292292 those rules [and each assessment instrument required under
293293 Subsection (d)] must be reliable and valid and must meet any
294294 applicable federal requirements for measurement of student
295295 progress.
296296 (p) On or before September 1 of each year, the commissioner
297297 shall make the following information available on the agency's
298298 Internet website for each assessment instrument administered under
299299 Subsection (a)[, (c),] or (l) and for the Texas Success Initiative
300300 (TSI) diagnostic assessment:
301301 (1) the number of questions on the assessment
302302 instrument;
303303 (2) the number of questions that must be answered
304304 correctly to achieve satisfactory performance as determined by the
305305 commissioner under Section 39.0241(a);
306306 (3) the number of questions that must be answered
307307 correctly to achieve satisfactory performance under the college
308308 readiness performance standard as provided by Section 39.0241; and
309309 (4) the corresponding scale scores.
310310 (q) Notwithstanding any provision of this section or other
311311 law, if changes made to the Every Student Succeeds Act (20 U.S.C.
312312 Section 6301 et seq.) reduce the number or frequency of assessment
313313 instruments required to be administered to students, the State
314314 Board of Education shall adopt rules reducing the number or
315315 frequency of assessment instruments administered to students under
316316 state law, and the commissioner shall ensure that students are not
317317 assessed in subject areas or in grades that are no longer required
318318 to meet the minimum requirements of that Act.
319319 SECTION 12. The heading to Section 39.0232, Education Code,
320320 is amended to read as follows:
321321 Sec. 39.0232. USE OF [END-OF-COURSE] ASSESSMENT INSTRUMENT
322322 AS PLACEMENT INSTRUMENT; CERTAIN USES PROHIBITED.
323323 SECTION 13. Sections 39.0232(a), (b), and (c), Education
324324 Code, are amended to read as follows:
325325 (a) To the extent practicable, the agency shall ensure that
326326 any high school [end-of-course] assessment instrument designated
327327 under Section 39.023(c) [developed by the agency is developed in
328328 such a manner that the assessment instrument] may be used to
329329 determine the appropriate placement of a student in a course of the
330330 same subject matter at an institution of higher education.
331331 (b) A student's performance on an [end-of-course]
332332 assessment instrument administered under Section 39.023(c) may not
333333 be used:
334334 (1) in determining the student's class ranking for any
335335 purpose, including entitlement to automatic college admission
336336 under Section 51.803 or 51.804; or
337337 (2) as a sole criterion in the determination of
338338 whether to admit the student to a general academic teaching
339339 institution in this state.
340340 (c) Subsection (b)(2) does not prohibit a general academic
341341 teaching institution from implementing an admission policy that
342342 takes into consideration a student's performance on an
343343 [end-of-course] assessment instrument administered under Section
344344 39.023(c) in addition to other criteria.
345345 SECTION 14. Section 39.0234, Education Code, is amended by
346346 amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (b) to read as
347347 follows:
348348 (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the [The] agency
349349 shall ensure that assessment instruments required under Section
350350 39.023 are capable of being administered by computer. The
351351 commissioner may not require a school district or open-enrollment
352352 charter school to administer an assessment instrument by computer.
353353 (b) Subsection (a) does not apply to a nationally
354354 recognized, norm-referenced assessment instrument under Section
355355 39.023(c).
356356 SECTION 15. Section 39.0241, Education Code, is amended by
357357 amending Subsection (a-1) and adding Subsection (a-2) to read as
358358 follows:
359359 (a-1) The commissioner of education, in collaboration with
360360 the commissioner of higher education, shall determine the level of
361361 performance necessary to indicate college readiness[, as defined by
362362 Section 39.024(a)].
363363 (a-2) In this section, "college readiness" means the level
364364 of preparation a student must attain in English language arts and
365365 mathematics courses to enroll and succeed, without remediation, in
366366 an entry-level general education course for credit in that same
367367 content area for a baccalaureate degree or associate degree program
368368 at:
369369 (1) a general academic teaching institution, as
370370 defined by Section 61.003, other than a research institution, as
371371 categorized under the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board's
372372 accountability system; or
373373 (2) a postsecondary educational institution that
374374 primarily offers associate degrees or certificates or credentials
375375 other than baccalaureate or advanced degrees.
376376 SECTION 16. Section 39.025, Education Code, is amended by
377377 amending Subsections (a), (a-4), (b), and (b-1) and adding
378378 Subsection (f-3) to read as follows:
379379 (a) The commissioner shall adopt rules requiring a student
380380 in the foundation high school program under Section 28.025 to be
381381 administered each [an end-of-course] assessment instrument
382382 selected under [listed in] Section 39.023(c) by the school district
383383 [only for a course] in which the student is enrolled [and for which
384384 an end-of-course assessment instrument is administered]. A student
385385 is required to achieve a scale score that indicates satisfactory
386386 performance, as determined by the commissioner under Section
387387 39.0241(a), on each [end-of-course] assessment instrument
388388 administered to the student. For each scale score required under
389389 this subsection that is not based on a 100-point scale scoring
390390 system, the commissioner shall provide for conversion, in
391391 accordance with commissioner rule, of the scale score to an
392392 equivalent score based on a 100-point scale scoring system. A
393393 student may not receive a high school diploma until the student has
394394 performed satisfactorily on each [end-of-course] assessment
395395 instrument [instruments] in the manner provided under this
396396 subsection. This subsection does not require a student to
397397 demonstrate readiness to enroll in an institution of higher
398398 education.
399399 (a-4) The admission, review, and dismissal committee of a
400400 student in a special education program under Subchapter A, Chapter
401401 29, shall determine whether, to receive a high school diploma, the
402402 student is required to achieve satisfactory performance on
403403 [end-of-course] assessment instruments administered under Section
404404 39.023(c).
405405 (b) Each time an [end-of-course] assessment instrument
406406 [adopted] under Section 39.023(c) is administered, a student who
407407 failed to achieve a score requirement under Subsection (a) may
408408 retake the assessment instrument. [A student is not required to
409409 retake a course as a condition of retaking an end-of-course
410410 assessment instrument.]
411411 (b-1) A school district shall provide each student who fails
412412 to perform satisfactorily as determined by the commissioner under
413413 Section 39.0241(a) on an [end-of-course] assessment instrument
414414 administered under Section 39.023(c) with accelerated instruction
415415 [in the subject assessed by the assessment instrument].
416416 (f-3) The commissioner shall by rule adopt a transition plan
417417 to implement the amendments made by __.B. ____, Acts of the 86th
418418 Legislature, Regular Session, 2019, replacing end-of-course
419419 assessment instruments with one or more assessment instruments
420420 selected by a school district under Section 39.023(c). The rules
421421 must provide for each assessment instrument selected by a school
422422 district under Section 39.023(c) to be administered beginning with
423423 students enrolled in the ninth grade for the first time during the
424424 2019-2020 school year. During the period under which the
425425 transition from end-of-course assessment instruments is made:
426426 (1) for students entering a grade above the ninth
427427 grade during the 2019-2020 school year or students repeating ninth
428428 grade during the 2019-2020 school year, the commissioner shall
429429 retain, administer, and use for purposes of accreditation and other
430430 campus and district accountability measures under this chapter the
431431 end-of-course assessment instruments required by Section
432432 39.023(c), as that section existed before amendment by __.B. ____,
433433 Acts of the 86th Legislature, Regular Session, 2019; and
434434 (2) a student subject to Subdivision (1) may not
435435 receive a high school diploma unless the student has performed
436436 satisfactorily on:
437437 (A) each required end-of-course assessment
438438 instrument administered under Section 39.023(c), as that section
439439 existed before amendment by __.B. ____, Acts of the 86th
440440 Legislature, Regular Session, 2019; or
441441 (B) each assessment instrument selected under
442442 Section 39.023(c) by the district in which the student is enrolled.
443443 SECTION 17. Section 39.034(d), Education Code, is amended
444444 to read as follows:
445445 (d) The agency shall determine the necessary annual
446446 improvement required each year for a student to be prepared to
447447 perform satisfactorily on, as applicable:
448448 (1) the grade five assessment instruments;
449449 (2) the grade eight assessment instruments; and
450450 (3) the [end-of-course] assessment instruments
451451 required under this subchapter for graduation.
452452 SECTION 18. Section 39.035(a), Education Code, is amended
453453 to read as follows:
454454 (a) Subject to Subsection (b), the agency may conduct field
455455 testing of questions for any assessment instrument administered
456456 under Section 39.023(a), (b), [(c), (d),] or (l) that is separate
457457 from the administration of the assessment instrument not more
458458 frequently than every other school year.
459459 SECTION 19. Section 39.203(c), Education Code, is amended
460460 to read as follows:
461461 (c) In addition to the distinction designations described
462462 by Subsections (a) and (b), a campus that satisfies the criteria
463463 developed under Section 39.204 shall be awarded a distinction
464464 designation by the commissioner for outstanding performance in
465465 academic achievement in English language arts, mathematics, or
466466 science[, or social studies].
467467 SECTION 20. Section 51.338(c), Education Code, is amended
468468 to read as follows:
469469 (c) A student who has achieved scores set by the board on the
470470 questions developed for end-of-course assessment instruments under
471471 Section 39.0233(a), as that section existed before repeal by
472472 __.B. ____, Acts of the 86th Legislature, Regular Session, 2019, is
473473 exempt from the requirements of this subchapter. The exemption is
474474 effective for the three-year period following the date a student
475475 takes the last assessment instrument for purposes of this
476476 subchapter and achieves the standard set by the board. This
477477 subsection does not apply during any period for which the board
478478 designates the questions developed for end-of-course assessment
479479 instruments under Section 39.0233(a), as that section existed
480480 before repeal by _.B. ____, Acts of the 86th Legislature, Regular
481481 Session, 2019, as the primary assessment instrument under this
482482 subchapter, except that the three-year period described by this
483483 subsection remains in effect for students who qualify for an
484484 exemption under this subsection before that period.
485485 SECTION 21. The following provisions of the Education Code
486486 are repealed:
487487 (1) Sections 39.023(c-2), (c-4), (c-6), and (d);
488488 (2) Section 39.0233;
489489 (3) Section 39.024;
490490 (4) Sections 39.025(a-1) and (e-1);
491491 (5) Section 39.025(a-2), as added by Chapter 1036
492492 (H.B. 1613), Acts of the 84th Legislature, Regular Session, 2015;
493493 (6) Section 39.053(d-1); and
494494 (7) Section 39.203(d).
495495 SECTION 22. As soon as practicable after the effective date
496496 of this Act, each school district shall provide notice to an eighth
497497 grade student under Section 39.025(g), Education Code, informing
498498 the student of the specific requirements applicable to the student
499499 under Sections 39.023(c) and 39.025(a), Education Code, as amended
500500 by this Act.
501501 SECTION 23. This Act applies beginning with the 2019-2020
502502 school year.
503503 SECTION 24. This Act takes effect immediately if it
504504 receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each
505505 house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.
506506 If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate
507507 effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2019.