| 1 | 1 | | 86R15458 GCB-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: VanDeaver H.B. No. 4177 |
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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 establishment of a student performance designation |
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| 8 | 8 | | for secondary-level substitute assessment instruments and the use |
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| 9 | 9 | | of that designation for public school accountability purposes. |
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| 10 | 10 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 11 | 11 | | SECTION 1. Section 39.025(a-2), Education Code, as added by |
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| 12 | 12 | | Chapter 1036 (H.B. 1613), Acts of the 84th Legislature, Regular |
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| 13 | 13 | | Session, 2015, is amended to read as follows: |
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| 14 | 14 | | (a-2) The commissioner shall determine a method by which a |
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| 15 | 15 | | student's satisfactory performance on an advanced placement test, |
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| 16 | 16 | | an international baccalaureate examination, an SAT Subject Test, |
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| 17 | 17 | | the SAT, the ACT, the Texas Success Initiative (TSI) diagnostic |
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| 18 | 18 | | assessment, or any nationally recognized norm-referenced |
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| 19 | 19 | | assessment instrument used by institutions of higher education to |
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| 20 | 20 | | award course credit based on satisfactory performance on the |
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| 21 | 21 | | assessment instrument shall be used to satisfy the requirements |
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| 22 | 22 | | concerning an end-of-course assessment instrument in an equivalent |
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| 23 | 23 | | course as prescribed by Subsection (a). The commissioner shall |
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| 24 | 24 | | determine a method by which a student's satisfactory performance on |
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| 25 | 25 | | the PSAT or the ACT-Plan shall be used to satisfy the requirements |
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| 26 | 26 | | concerning an end-of-course assessment instrument in an equivalent |
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| 27 | 27 | | course as prescribed by Subsection (a). In adopting methods for |
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| 28 | 28 | | substituting satisfactory performance on an assessment instrument |
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| 29 | 29 | | authorized under this subsection for requirements concerning an |
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| 30 | 30 | | end-of-course assessment instrument, the commissioner shall |
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| 31 | 31 | | designate a student's performance on a substitute assessment |
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| 32 | 32 | | instrument as "masters grade-level performance" if the student's |
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| 33 | 33 | | performance entitles the student to receive college credit or if |
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| 34 | 34 | | the student's performance meets the assessment instrument |
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| 35 | 35 | | provider's designated grade-level college readiness performance |
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| 36 | 36 | | benchmark. A student who fails to perform satisfactorily on a |
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| 37 | 37 | | substitute [test or other] assessment instrument authorized under |
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| 38 | 38 | | this subsection[, other than the PSAT or the ACT-Plan,] may retake |
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| 39 | 39 | | that [test or other] assessment instrument for purposes of this |
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| 40 | 40 | | subsection or may take the appropriate end-of-course assessment |
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| 41 | 41 | | instrument. [A student who fails to perform satisfactorily on the |
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| 42 | 42 | | PSAT or the ACT-Plan must take the appropriate end-of-course |
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| 43 | 43 | | assessment instrument.] The commissioner shall adopt rules as |
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| 44 | 44 | | necessary for the administration of this subsection. |
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| 45 | 45 | | SECTION 2. Section 39.025, Education Code, is amended by |
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| 46 | 46 | | adding Subsection (a-5) to read as follows: |
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| 47 | 47 | | (a-5) The commissioner shall implement the changes in law |
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| 48 | 48 | | made by __.B. _____, 86th Legislature, Regular Session, 2019, to |
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| 49 | 49 | | Section 39.025(a-2), as added by Chapter 1036 (H.B. 1613), Acts of |
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| 50 | 50 | | the 84th Legislature, Regular Session, 2015, and Section |
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| 51 | 51 | | 39.053(c-4) effective beginning with the 2019-2020 accountability |
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| 52 | 52 | | rating period. This subsection expires September 1, 2020. |
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| 53 | 53 | | SECTION 3. Section 39.053, Education Code, is amended by |
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| 54 | 54 | | adding Subsection (c-4) to read as follows: |
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| 55 | 55 | | (c-4) The commissioner by rule shall determine a method for |
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| 56 | 56 | | appropriately crediting a student for growth under Subsection |
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| 57 | 57 | | (c)(2) based on the student's performance, including a student's |
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| 58 | 58 | | "masters grade-level performance," on a substitute assessment |
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| 59 | 59 | | instrument authorized under Section 39.025(a-2), as added by |
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| 60 | 60 | | Chapter 1036 (H.B. 1613), Acts of the 84th Legislature, Regular |
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| 61 | 61 | | Session, 2015. |
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| 62 | 62 | | SECTION 4. This Act applies beginning with the 2019-2020 |
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| 63 | 63 | | school year. |
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| 64 | 64 | | SECTION 5. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 65 | 65 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 66 | 66 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 67 | 67 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 68 | 68 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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