Texas 2019 - 86th Regular

Texas House Bill HB4591 Compare Versions

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1	1	By: Herrero H.B. No. 4591
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4	4	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
5	5	AN ACT
6	6	relating to eliminating state-required assessment instruments and
7	7	certain end-of-course assessment instruments.
8	8	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
9	9	SECTION 1. Section 39.023, Education Code, is amended by
10	10	amending Subsections (c) and (c-2), repealing Subsections (a) and
11	11	(c-3) and adding Subsection (q) to read as follows:
12	12	[(a) The agency shall adopt or develop appropriate
13	13	criterion-referenced assessment instruments designed to assess
14	14	essential knowledge and skills in reading, writing, mathematics,
15	15	social studies, and science. Except as provided by Subsection
16	16	(a-2), all students, other than students assessed under Subsection
17	17	(b) or (l) or exempted under Section 39.027, shall be assessed in:
18	18	(1) mathematics, annually in grades three through
19	19	seven without the aid of technology and in grade eight with the aid
20	20	of technology on any assessment instrument that includes algebra;
21	21	(2) reading, annually in grades three through eight;
22	22	(3) [writing, including spelling and grammar, in
23	23	grades four and seven;
24	24	[(4) social studies, in grade eight;
25	25	[(5)] science, in grades five and eight; and
26	26	[(6)] any other subject and grade required by federal
27	27	law.]
28	28	(c) The agency shall also adopt end-of-course assessment
29	29	instruments for secondary-level courses in Algebra I, biology,
30	30	English I, English II, and United States history. The Algebra I
31	31	end-of-course assessment instrument must be administered with the
32	32	aid of technology. The English I and English II end-of-course
33	33	assessment instruments must each assess essential knowledge and
34	34	skills in both reading and writing in the same assessment
35	35	instrument and must provide a single score]. A school district is
36	36	not required to [shall] comply with State Board of Education rules
37	37	regarding administration of the assessment instruments adopted
38	38	under [listed in] this subsection. If a student is in a special
39	39	education program under Subchapter A, Chapter 29, the student's
40	40	admission, review, and dismissal committee shall determine whether
41	41	any allowable modification is necessary in administering to the
42	42	student an assessment instrument required under this subsection.
43	43	The State Board of Education shall administer the assessment
44	44	instruments. The State Board of Education shall adopt a schedule
45	45	for the administration of end-of-course assessment instruments
46	46	that complies with the requirements of Subsection (c-3).
47	47	(c-2) The agency may not adopt end-of-course assessment
48	48	instruments for courses for which end-of-course assessment
49	49	instruments are not adopted under [not listed in] Subsection (c). A
50	50	student's performance on an end-of-course assessment instrument
51	51	adopted under this subsection is not subject to the performance
52	52	requirements established under Subsection (c) or Section 39.025.
53	53	[(c-3) In adopting a schedule for the administration of
54	54	assessment instruments under this section, the State Board of
55	55	Education shall require:
56	56	(1) assessment instruments administered under
57	57	Subsection (a) to be administered on a schedule so that the first
58	58	assessment instrument is administered at least two weeks later than
59	59	the date on which the first assessment instrument was administered
60	60	under Subsection (a) during the 2006-2007 school year; and
61	61	(2) the spring administration of end-of-course
62	62	assessment instruments under Subsection (c) to occur in each school
63	63	district not earlier than the first full week in May, except that
64	64	the spring administration of the end-of-course assessment
65	65	instruments in English I and English II must be permitted to occur
66	66	at an earlier date.]
67	67	(q) Notwithstanding any provision of this section or other
68	68	law, Texas is not required to comply with the Every Student Succeeds
69	69	Act (20 U.S.C. Section 6301 et seq.).
70	70	SECTION 2. Section 39.025(a-1), Education Code, is amended
71	71	to read as follows:
72	72	(a-1) A student enrolled in a college preparatory
73	73	mathematics or English language arts course under Section 28.014
74	74	who satisfies the Texas Success Initiative (TSI) college readiness
75	75	benchmarks prescribed by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating
76	76	Board under Section 51.334 on an assessment instrument designated
77	77	by the coordinating board under that section administered at the
78	78	end of the college preparatory mathematics or English language arts
79	79	course satisfies the requirements concerning and is exempt from the
80	80	administration of the [Algebra I or the English I and English II]
81	81	end-of-course assessment instruments, as applicable, [as
82	82	prescribed by Section 39.023(c),] even if the student did not
83	83	perform satisfactorily on a previous administration of the
84	84	applicable end-of-course assessment instrument. A student who
85	85	fails to perform satisfactorily on the assessment instrument
86	86	designated by the coordinating board under Section 51.334
87	87	administered as provided by this subsection may retake that
88	88	assessment instrument for purposes of this subsection or may take
89	89	the appropriate end-of-course assessment instrument.
90	90	SECTION 3. Section 39.203(c), Education Code, is amended to
91	91	read as follows:
92	92	(c) In addition to the distinction designations described
93	93	by Subsections (a) and (b), a campus that satisfies the criteria
94	94	developed under Section 39.204 shall be awarded a distinction
95	95	designation by the commissioner for outstanding performance in
96	96	academic achievement in reading [English language arts],
97	97	mathematics, or science[, or social studies].
98	98	SECTION 4. This Act applies beginning with the 2019-2020
99	99	school year.
100	100	SECTION 5. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
101	101	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
102	102	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
103	103	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
104	104	Act takes effect September 1, 2019.