Texas 2019 - 86th Regular

Texas House Bill HB3328 Compare Versions

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1	1	86R2488 GCB-D
2	2	By: Herrero H.B. No. 3328
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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 (q) 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	(3) [writing, including spelling and grammar, in
25	25	grades four and seven;
26	26	[(4) social studies, in grade eight;
27	27	[(5)] science, in grades five and eight; and
28	28	(4) [(6)] any other subject and grade required by
29	29	federal law.
30	30	(c) The agency shall also adopt end-of-course assessment
31	31	instruments for secondary-level courses in reading, mathematics,
32	32	and science only as necessary to comply with the Every Student
33	33	Succeeds Act (20 U.S.C. Section 6301 et seq.) to be administered
34	34	only as necessary to meet the minimum requirements of that Act
35	35	[Algebra I, biology, English I, English II, and United States
36	36	history. The Algebra I end-of-course assessment instrument must be
37	37	administered with the aid of technology. The English I and English
38	38	II end-of-course assessment instruments must each assess essential
39	39	knowledge and skills in both reading and writing in the same
40	40	assessment instrument and must provide a single score]. A school
41	41	district shall comply with State Board of Education rules regarding
42	42	administration of the assessment instruments adopted under [listed
43	43	in] this subsection. If a student is in a special education program
44	44	under Subchapter A, Chapter 29, the student's admission, review,
45	45	and dismissal committee shall determine whether any allowable
46	46	modification is necessary in administering to the student an
47	47	assessment instrument required under this subsection. The State
48	48	Board of Education shall administer the assessment instruments.
49	49	The State Board of Education shall adopt a schedule for the
50	50	administration of end-of-course assessment instruments that
51	51	complies with the requirements of Subsection (c-3).
52	52	(c-2) The agency may adopt end-of-course assessment
53	53	instruments for courses for which end-of-course assessment
54	54	instruments are not adopted under [not listed in] Subsection
55	55	(c). A student's performance on an end-of-course assessment
56	56	instrument adopted under this subsection is not subject to the
57	57	performance requirements established under Subsection (c) or
58	58	Section 39.025.
59	59	(c-3) In adopting a schedule for the administration of
60	60	assessment instruments under this section, the State Board of
61	61	Education shall require:
62	62	(1) assessment instruments administered under
63	63	Subsection (a) to be administered on a schedule so that the first
64	64	assessment instrument is administered at least two weeks later than
65	65	the date on which the first assessment instrument was administered
66	66	under Subsection (a) during the 2006-2007 school year; and
67	67	(2) the spring administration of end-of-course
68	68	assessment instruments under Subsection (c) to occur in each school
69	69	district not earlier than the first full week in May, except that
70	70	the spring administration of an [the] end-of-course assessment
71	71	instrument [instruments] in reading [English I and English II] must
72	72	be permitted to occur at an earlier date.
73	73	(q) Notwithstanding any provision of this section or other
74	74	law, if changes made to the Every Student Succeeds Act (20 U.S.C.
75	75	Section 6301 et seq.) reduce the number or frequency of assessment
76	76	instruments required to be administered to students, the State
77	77	Board of Education shall adopt rules reducing the number or
78	78	frequency of assessment instruments administered to students under
79	79	state law, and the commissioner shall ensure that students are not
80	80	assessed in subject areas or in grades that are no longer required
81	81	to meet the minimum requirements of that Act.
82	82	SECTION 2. Section 39.025(a-1), Education Code, is amended
83	83	to read as follows:
84	84	(a-1) A student enrolled in a college preparatory
85	85	mathematics or English language arts course under Section 28.014
86	86	who satisfies the Texas Success Initiative (TSI) college readiness
87	87	benchmarks prescribed by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating
88	88	Board under Section 51.334 on an assessment instrument designated
89	89	by the coordinating board under that section administered at the
90	90	end of the college preparatory mathematics or English language arts
91	91	course satisfies the requirements concerning and is exempt from the
92	92	administration of the mathematics or reading [Algebra I or the
93	93	English I and English II] end-of-course assessment instrument
94	94	adopted under Section 39.023(c) [instruments], as applicable, [as
95	95	prescribed by Section 39.023(c),] even if the student did not
96	96	perform satisfactorily on a previous administration of the
97	97	applicable end-of-course assessment instrument. A student who
98	98	fails to perform satisfactorily on the assessment instrument
99	99	designated by the coordinating board under Section 51.334
100	100	administered as provided by this subsection may retake that
101	101	assessment instrument for purposes of this subsection or may take
102	102	the appropriate end-of-course assessment instrument.
103	103	SECTION 3. Section 39.203(c), Education Code, is amended to
104	104	read as follows:
105	105	(c) In addition to the distinction designations described
106	106	by Subsections (a) and (b), a campus that satisfies the criteria
107	107	developed under Section 39.204 shall be awarded a distinction
108	108	designation by the commissioner for outstanding performance in
109	109	academic achievement in reading [English language arts],
110	110	mathematics, or science[, or social studies].
111	111	SECTION 4. This Act applies beginning with the 2019-2020
112	112	school year.
113	113	SECTION 5. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
114	114	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
115	115	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
116	116	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
117	117	Act takes effect September 1, 2019.