2019S0331-1 03/04/19
By: Campbell S.B. No. 1777
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the United States history end-of-course assessment
instrument for public high school students.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 39.023, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (c-7) to read as follows:
(c-7) The United States history end-of-course assessment
instrument adopted under Subsection (c) must include 10 questions
randomly selected by the agency from the civics test administered
by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services as part
of the naturalization process under the federal Immigration and
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. Section 1101 et seq.). The agency shall:
(1) ensure that only questions aligning with the
United States history curriculum adopted under Subchapter A,
Chapter 28, are included in the end-of-course assessment
instrument; and
(2) annually report which questions were included in
the end-of-course assessment instrument under this subsection,
their answers, and the campus, district, and statewide data
associated with students' performance under this subsection.
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with students who
enter the ninth grade during the 2019-2020 school year.
SECTION 3. 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.