86R2575 MM-D
By: Johnson S.B. No. 1473
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the establishment and use of performance standards for
certain secondary-level alternate assessment instruments
administered to public school students.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 39.0241, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (a-2) to read as follows:
(a-2) This subsection applies only to an assessment
instrument authorized under Section 39.025(a-1) or Section
39.025(a-2), as added by Chapter 1036 (H.B. 1613), Acts of the 84th
Legislature, Regular Session, 2015, for use as an alternate
assessment instrument for purposes of satisfying the requirements
concerning an end-of-course assessment instrument. The
commissioner shall designate performance standards for student
performance on each assessment instrument subject to this
subsection in the same manner as the commissioner designates
performance standards for student performance on each
end-of-course assessment instrument listed in Section 39.023(c).
SECTION 2. Section 39.053, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (c-4) to read as follows:
(c-4) The commissioner by rule shall determine a method for
appropriately crediting a student for growth under Subsection
(c)(2) based on the student's performance, as determined under the
performance standards designated under Section 39.0241(a-2), on an
alternate assessment instrument.
SECTION 3. This Act applies beginning with the 2019-2020
school year.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2019.