Texas 2021 - 87th Regular

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1	1		87R9681 GCB-D
2		-	By: Dean~~, Lozano~~ H.B. No. 2800
	2	+	By: Dean H.B. No. 2800
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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(a), Education Code, as effective
11	11		until September 1, 2021, is amended to read as follows:
12	12		(a) The agency shall adopt or develop appropriate
13	13		criterion-referenced assessment instruments designed to assess
14	14		essential knowledge and skills in reading, [writing,] mathematics,
15	15		[social studies,] and science. Except as provided by Subsection
16	16		(a-2), all students, other than students assessed under Subsection
17	17		(b) or (l) or exempted under Section 39.027, shall be assessed in:
18	18		(1) mathematics, annually in grades three through
19	19		eight;
20	20		(2) reading, annually in grades three through eight;
21	21		(3) [writing, including spelling and grammar, in
22	22		grades four and seven;
23	23		[(4) social studies, in grade eight;
24	24		[(5)] science, in grades five and eight; and
25	25		(4) [(6)] any other subject and grade required by
26	26		federal law.
27	27		SECTION 2. Section 39.023(a), Education Code, as effective
28	28		September 1, 2021, is amended to read as follows:
29	29		(a) The agency shall adopt or develop appropriate
30	30		criterion-referenced assessment instruments designed to assess
31	31		essential knowledge and skills in reading, mathematics, [social
32	32		studies,] and science. Except as provided by Subsection (a-2), all
33	33		students, other than students assessed under Subsection (b) or (l)
34	34		or exempted under Section 39.027, shall be assessed in:
35	35		(1) mathematics, annually in grades three through
36	36		eight;
37	37		(2) reading, annually in grades three through eight;
38	38		(3) [social studies, in grade eight;
39	39		[(4)] science, in grades five and eight; and
40	40		(4) [(5)] any other subject and grade required by
41	41		federal law.
42	42		SECTION 3. Section 39.023(c), Education Code, is amended to
43	43		read as follows:
44	44		(c) The agency shall also adopt end-of-course assessment
45	45		instruments for secondary-level courses in Algebra I, biology, and
46	46		[English I,] English II[, and United States history]. The Algebra I
47	47		end-of-course assessment instrument must be administered with the
48	48		aid of technology, but may include one or more parts that prohibit
49	49		the use of technology. The [English I and] English II end-of-course
50	50		assessment instrument [instruments] must [each] assess essential
51	51		knowledge and skills in both reading and writing and must provide a
52	52		single score. A school district shall comply with State Board of
53	53		Education rules regarding administration of the assessment
54	54		instruments listed in this subsection. If a student is in a special
55	55		education program under Subchapter A, Chapter 29, the student's
56	56		admission, review, and dismissal committee shall determine whether
57	57		any allowable modification is necessary in administering to the
58	58		student an assessment instrument required under this subsection.
59	59		The State Board of Education shall administer the assessment
60	60		instruments. An end-of-course assessment instrument may be
61	61		administered in multiple parts over more than one day. The State
62	62		Board of Education shall adopt a schedule for the administration of
63	63		end-of-course assessment instruments that complies with the
64	64		requirements of Subsection (c-3).
65	65		SECTION 4. Section 39.025(a-1), Education Code, is amended
66	66		to read as follows:
67	67		(a-1) A student enrolled in a college preparatory
68	68		mathematics or English language arts course under Section 28.014
69	69		who satisfies the Texas Success Initiative (TSI) college readiness
70	70		benchmarks prescribed by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating
71	71		Board under Section 51.334 on an assessment instrument designated
72	72		by the coordinating board under that section administered at the
73	73		end of the college preparatory mathematics or English language arts
74	74		course satisfies the requirements concerning and is exempt from the
75	75		administration of the Algebra I or the [English I and] English II
76	76		end-of-course assessment instrument [instruments], as applicable,
77	77		as prescribed by Section 39.023(c), even if the student did not
78	78		perform satisfactorily on a previous administration of the
79	79		applicable end-of-course assessment instrument. A student who
80	80		fails to perform satisfactorily on the assessment instrument
81	81		designated by the coordinating board under Section 51.334
82	82		administered as provided by this subsection may retake that
83	83		assessment instrument for purposes of this subsection or may take
84	84		the appropriate end-of-course assessment instrument.
85	85		SECTION 5. Section 39.203(c), Education Code, is amended to
86	86		read as follows:
87	87		(c) In addition to the distinction designations described
88	88		by Subsections (a) and (b), a campus that satisfies the criteria
89	89		developed under Section 39.204 shall be awarded a distinction
90	90		designation by the commissioner for outstanding performance in
91	91		academic achievement in English language arts, mathematics, or
92	92		science[, or social studies].
93	93		SECTION 6. Section 39.0238, Education Code, is repealed.
94	94		SECTION 7. This Act applies beginning with the 2021-2022
95	95		school year.
96	96		SECTION 8. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
97	97		a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
98	98		provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
99	99		Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
100	100		Act takes effect September 1, 2021.