| 1 | 1 | | 86R12309 MP-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Zwiener H.B. No. 2934 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the assessment of public school students in writing |
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| 8 | 8 | | under an alternative method. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 39.023, Education Code, is amended by |
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| 11 | 11 | | adding Subsection (a-14) to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (a-14) An assessment instrument administered to students in |
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| 13 | 13 | | grade four to assess skills in writing is not subject to Subsections |
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| 14 | 14 | | (a-12) and (a-13). |
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| 15 | 15 | | SECTION 2. Sections 39.02301(b), (f), (h), and (j), |
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| 16 | 16 | | Education Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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| 17 | 17 | | (b) During the 2020-2021 [2016-2017] and 2021-2022 |
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| 18 | 18 | | [2017-2018] school years, the agency shall operate [establish] a |
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| 19 | 19 | | pilot program as provided by this section to implement in |
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| 20 | 20 | | designated school districts the writing assessment method |
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| 21 | 21 | | developed under Subsection (a). |
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| 22 | 22 | | (f) The agency, in consultation with teachers, shall |
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| 23 | 23 | | develop a rubric for scoring student writing assessments under the |
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| 24 | 24 | | pilot program. The individuals responsible for scoring student |
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| 25 | 25 | | writing assessments [under the pilot program] shall be coordinated |
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| 26 | 26 | | [jointly] by the agency with joint participation of: |
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| 27 | 27 | | (1) the school district in which the student is |
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| 28 | 28 | | enrolled and that is participating in the pilot program; |
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| 29 | 29 | | (2) a public junior college or institution of higher |
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| 30 | 30 | | education that enters into an agreement with the participating |
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| 31 | 31 | | school district; and |
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| 32 | 32 | | (3) the regional education service center that serves |
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| 33 | 33 | | the participating district. |
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| 34 | 34 | | (h) [Not later than September 1, 2016, the agency shall |
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| 35 | 35 | | prepare and deliver to the governor, the lieutenant governor, the |
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| 36 | 36 | | speaker of the house of representatives, and the presiding officer |
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| 37 | 37 | | of each legislative standing committee with primary jurisdiction |
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| 38 | 38 | | over primary and secondary education a report covering the study of |
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| 39 | 39 | | the development of the writing assessment method under Subsection |
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| 40 | 40 | | (a).] Not later than September 1, 2021, and September 1, 2022 [of |
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| 41 | 41 | | each year in 2017 and 2018], the agency shall prepare and deliver to |
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| 42 | 42 | | the governor, the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of |
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| 43 | 43 | | representatives, and the presiding officer of each legislative |
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| 44 | 44 | | standing committee with primary jurisdiction over primary and |
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| 45 | 45 | | secondary education a report that: |
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| 46 | 46 | | (1) evaluates the implementation and progress of the |
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| 47 | 47 | | pilot program under this section; and |
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| 48 | 48 | | (2) makes recommendations regarding the continuation |
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| 49 | 49 | | or expansion of the pilot program. |
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| 50 | 50 | | (j) This section expires September 1, 2023 [2019]. |
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| 51 | 51 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 52 | 52 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 53 | 53 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 54 | 54 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 55 | 55 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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