| 1 | 1 | | 86R11227 MP-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Seliger S.B. No. 996 |
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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 eliminating the state-required assessment instrument |
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| 8 | 8 | | in social studies and the United States history end-of-course |
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| 9 | 9 | | assessment instrument. |
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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. Sections 39.023(a) and (c), Education Code, are |
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| 12 | 12 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 13 | 13 | | (a) The agency shall adopt or develop appropriate |
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| 14 | 14 | | criterion-referenced assessment instruments designed to assess |
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| 15 | 15 | | essential knowledge and skills in reading, writing, mathematics, |
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| 16 | 16 | | [social studies,] and science. Except as provided by Subsection |
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| 17 | 17 | | (a-2), all students, other than students assessed under Subsection |
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| 18 | 18 | | (b) or (l) or exempted under Section 39.027, shall be assessed in: |
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| 19 | 19 | | (1) mathematics, annually in grades three through |
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| 20 | 20 | | seven without the aid of technology and in grade eight with the aid |
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| 21 | 21 | | of technology on any assessment instrument that includes algebra; |
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| 22 | 22 | | (2) reading, annually in grades three through eight; |
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| 23 | 23 | | (3) writing, including spelling and grammar, in grades |
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| 24 | 24 | | four and seven; |
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| 25 | 25 | | (4) [social studies, in grade eight; |
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| 26 | 26 | | [(5)] science, in grades five and eight; and |
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| 27 | 27 | | (5) [(6)] any other subject and grade required by |
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| 28 | 28 | | federal law. |
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| 29 | 29 | | (c) The agency shall also adopt end-of-course assessment |
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| 30 | 30 | | instruments for secondary-level courses in Algebra I, biology, |
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| 31 | 31 | | English I, and English II [, and United States history]. The |
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| 32 | 32 | | Algebra I end-of-course assessment instrument must be administered |
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| 33 | 33 | | with the aid of technology. The English I and English II |
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| 34 | 34 | | end-of-course assessment instruments must each assess essential |
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| 35 | 35 | | knowledge and skills in both reading and writing in the same |
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| 36 | 36 | | assessment instrument and must provide a single score. A school |
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| 37 | 37 | | district shall comply with State Board of Education rules regarding |
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| 38 | 38 | | administration of the assessment instruments listed in this |
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| 39 | 39 | | subsection. If a student is in a special education program under |
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| 40 | 40 | | Subchapter A, Chapter 29, the student's admission, review, and |
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| 41 | 41 | | dismissal committee shall determine whether any allowable |
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| 42 | 42 | | modification is necessary in administering to the student an |
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| 43 | 43 | | assessment instrument required under this subsection. The State |
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| 44 | 44 | | Board of Education shall administer the assessment instruments. |
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| 45 | 45 | | The State Board of Education shall adopt a schedule for the |
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| 46 | 46 | | administration of end-of-course assessment instruments that |
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| 47 | 47 | | complies with the requirements of Subsection (c-3). |
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| 48 | 48 | | SECTION 2. Section 39.203(c), Education Code, is amended to |
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| 49 | 49 | | read as follows: |
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| 50 | 50 | | (c) In addition to the distinction designations described |
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| 51 | 51 | | by Subsections (a) and (b), a campus that satisfies the criteria |
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| 52 | 52 | | developed under Section 39.204 shall be awarded a distinction |
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| 53 | 53 | | designation by the commissioner for outstanding performance in |
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| 54 | 54 | | academic achievement in English language arts, mathematics, or |
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| 55 | 55 | | science[, or social studies]. |
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| 56 | 56 | | SECTION 3. This Act applies beginning with the 2019-2020 |
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| 57 | 57 | | school year. |
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| 58 | 58 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 59 | 59 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 60 | 60 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 61 | 61 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 62 | 62 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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