| 1 | 1 | | 86R2575 MM-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Johnson S.B. No. 1473 |
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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 and use of performance standards for |
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| 8 | 8 | | certain secondary-level alternate assessment instruments |
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| 9 | 9 | | administered to public school students. |
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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 39.0241, Education Code, is amended by |
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| 12 | 12 | | adding Subsection (a-2) to read as follows: |
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| 13 | 13 | | (a-2) This subsection applies only to an assessment |
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| 14 | 14 | | instrument authorized under Section 39.025(a-1) or Section |
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| 15 | 15 | | 39.025(a-2), as added by Chapter 1036 (H.B. 1613), Acts of the 84th |
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| 16 | 16 | | Legislature, Regular Session, 2015, for use as an alternate |
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| 17 | 17 | | assessment instrument for purposes of satisfying the requirements |
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| 18 | 18 | | concerning an end-of-course assessment instrument. The |
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| 19 | 19 | | commissioner shall designate performance standards for student |
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| 20 | 20 | | performance on each assessment instrument subject to this |
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| 21 | 21 | | subsection in the same manner as the commissioner designates |
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| 22 | 22 | | performance standards for student performance on each |
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| 23 | 23 | | end-of-course assessment instrument listed in Section 39.023(c). |
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| 24 | 24 | | SECTION 2. Section 39.053, Education Code, is amended by |
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| 25 | 25 | | adding Subsection (c-4) to read as follows: |
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| 26 | 26 | | (c-4) The commissioner by rule shall determine a method for |
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| 27 | 27 | | appropriately crediting a student for growth under Subsection |
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| 28 | 28 | | (c)(2) based on the student's performance, as determined under the |
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| 29 | 29 | | performance standards designated under Section 39.0241(a-2), on an |
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| 30 | 30 | | alternate assessment instrument. |
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| 31 | 31 | | SECTION 3. This Act applies beginning with the 2019-2020 |
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| 32 | 32 | | school year. |
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| 33 | 33 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 34 | 34 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 35 | 35 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 36 | 36 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 37 | 37 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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