Texas 2019 - 86th Regular

Texas House Bill HB525 Compare Versions

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1	1	86R2229 GCB-D
2	2	By: Tinderholt H.B. No. 525
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to the limitation on administration and use of certain
8	8	assessment instruments in public schools.
9	9	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	10	SECTION 1. Section 39.023, Education Code, is amended by
11	11	amending Subsections (a), (c), and (c-3) and adding Subsection (q)
12	12	to read as follows:
13	13	(a) The agency shall adopt or develop appropriate
14	14	criterion-referenced assessment instruments designed to assess
15	15	essential knowledge and skills in reading, [writing,] mathematics,
16	16	[social studies,] and science. Except as provided by Subsection
17	17	(a-2), all students, other than students assessed under Subsection
18	18	(b) or (l) or exempted under Section 39.027, shall be assessed in:
19	19	(1) mathematics, annually in grades three through
20	20	seven without the aid of technology and in grade eight with the aid
21	21	of technology on any assessment instrument that includes algebra;
22	22	(2) reading, annually in grades three through eight;
23	23	and
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	[(6) any other subject and grade required by federal
29	29	law].
30	30	(c) The agency shall also adopt end-of-course assessment
31	31	instruments for secondary-level courses in Algebra I, biology, and
32	32	English I[, English II, and United States history]. The Algebra I
33	33	end-of-course assessment instrument must be administered with the
34	34	aid of technology. The English I [and English II] end-of-course
35	35	assessment instrument [instruments] must [each] assess essential
36	36	knowledge and skills in both reading and writing in the same
37	37	assessment instrument and must provide a single score. A school
38	38	district shall comply with State Board of Education rules regarding
39	39	administration of the assessment instruments listed in this
40	40	subsection. If a student is in a special education program under
41	41	Subchapter A, Chapter 29, the student's admission, review, and
42	42	dismissal committee shall determine whether any allowable
43	43	modification is necessary in administering to the student an
44	44	assessment instrument required under this subsection. The State
45	45	Board of Education shall administer the assessment instruments.
46	46	The State Board of Education shall adopt a schedule for the
47	47	administration of end-of-course assessment instruments that
48	48	complies with the requirements of Subsection (c-3).
49	49	(c-3) In adopting a schedule for the administration of
50	50	assessment instruments under this section, the State Board of
51	51	Education shall require:
52	52	(1) assessment instruments administered under
53	53	Subsection (a) to be administered on a schedule so that the first
54	54	assessment instrument is administered at least two weeks later than
55	55	the date on which the first assessment instrument was administered
56	56	under Subsection (a) during the 2006-2007 school year; and
57	57	(2) the spring administration of end-of-course
58	58	assessment instruments under Subsection (c) to occur in each school
59	59	district not earlier than the first full week in May, except that
60	60	the spring administration of the end-of-course assessment
61	61	instrument [instruments] in English I [and English II] must be
62	62	permitted to occur at an earlier date.
63	63	(q) This subsection applies to assessment instruments
64	64	adopted or developed under Subsection (a) to assess writing in
65	65	grades four and seven, an assessment instrument adopted or
66	66	developed under Subsection (a) to assess social studies in grade
67	67	eight, and end-of-course assessments adopted under Subsection (c)
68	68	for secondary-level courses in English II and United States
69	69	history, as those subsections existed before amendment by __.B.
70	70	No.___, Acts of the 86th Legislature, Regular Session, 2019. The
71	71	agency may retain assessment instruments described by this
72	72	subsection, but may not require a school district to administer
73	73	those assessment instruments. A school district may choose to
74	74	administer an assessment instrument described by this subsection.
75	75	An assessment instrument described by this subsection administered
76	76	by a school district may not be used for accountability purposes to
77	77	measure the performance of the district or a district campus.
78	78	SECTION 2. Section 39.025(a-1), Education Code, is amended
79	79	to read as follows:
80	80	(a-1) A student enrolled in a college preparatory
81	81	mathematics or English language arts course under Section 28.014
82	82	who satisfies the Texas Success Initiative (TSI) college readiness
83	83	benchmarks prescribed by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating
84	84	Board under Section 51.334 on an assessment instrument designated
85	85	by the coordinating board under that section administered at the
86	86	end of the college preparatory mathematics or English language arts
87	87	course satisfies the requirements concerning and is exempt from the
88	88	administration of the Algebra I or the English I [and English II]
89	89	end-of-course assessment instrument [instruments], as applicable,
90	90	as prescribed by Section 39.023(c), even if the student did not
91	91	perform satisfactorily on a previous administration of the
92	92	applicable end-of-course assessment instrument. A student who
93	93	fails to perform satisfactorily on the assessment instrument
94	94	designated by the coordinating board under Section 51.334
95	95	administered as provided by this subsection may retake that
96	96	assessment instrument for purposes of this subsection or may take
97	97	the appropriate end-of-course assessment instrument.
98	98	SECTION 3. Section 39.203(c), Education Code, is amended to
99	99	read as follows:
100	100	(c) In addition to the distinction designations described
101	101	by Subsections (a) and (b), a campus that satisfies the criteria
102	102	developed under Section 39.204 shall be awarded a distinction
103	103	designation by the commissioner for outstanding performance in
104	104	academic achievement in English language arts, mathematics, or
105	105	science[, or social studies].
106	106	SECTION 4. This Act applies beginning with the 2019-2020
107	107	school year.
108	108	SECTION 5. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
109	109	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
110	110	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
111	111	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
112	112	Act takes effect September 1, 2019.