Texas 2021 - 87th Regular

Texas House Bill HB3676 Compare Versions

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1	1	87R11582 GCB-F
2	2	By: Bucy H.B. No. 3676
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to eliminating certain state-required end-of-course
8	8	assessment instruments not required by federal law and eliminating
9	9	graduation requirements based on satisfactory performance on
10	10	certain end-of-course assessment instruments.
11	11	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
12	12	SECTION 1. Section 39.023, Education Code, is amended by
13	13	amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (q) to read as
14	14	follows:
15	15	(c) The agency shall also adopt end-of-course assessment
16	16	instruments for secondary-level courses in Algebra I, biology, and
17	17	English I[, English II, and United States history]. The Algebra I
18	18	end-of-course assessment instrument must be administered with the
19	19	aid of technology, but may include one or more parts that prohibit
20	20	the use of technology. The English I [and English II]
21	21	end-of-course assessment instrument [instruments] must [each]
22	22	assess essential knowledge and skills in both reading and writing
23	23	and must provide a single score. A school district shall comply
24	24	with State Board of Education rules regarding administration of the
25	25	assessment instruments listed in this subsection. If a student is
26	26	in a special education program under Subchapter A, Chapter 29, the
27	27	student's admission, review, and dismissal committee shall
28	28	determine whether any allowable modification is necessary in
29	29	administering to the student an assessment instrument required
30	30	under this subsection. The State Board of Education shall
31	31	administer the assessment instruments. An end-of-course
32	32	assessment instrument may be administered in multiple parts over
33	33	more than one day. The State Board of Education shall adopt a
34	34	schedule for the administration of end-of-course assessment
35	35	instruments that complies with the requirements of Subsection
36	36	(c-3).
37	37	(q) This subsection applies to end-of-course assessment
38	38	instruments adopted under Subsection (c) for secondary-level
39	39	courses in English II and United States history, as that subsection
40	40	existed before amendment by __.B. No.___, Acts of the 87th
41	41	Legislature, Regular Session, 2021. The agency may retain
42	42	assessment instruments described by this subsection, but may not
43	43	require a school district to administer those assessment
44	44	instruments. A school district may choose to administer an
45	45	assessment instrument described by this subsection. An assessment
46	46	instrument described by this subsection administered by a school
47	47	district may not be used for accountability purposes to measure the
48	48	performance of the district or a district campus.
49	49	SECTION 2. Section 39.025, Education Code, is amended by
50	50	amending Subsections (a-1) and (a-3) and adding Subsections (h),
51	51	(i), and (j) to read as follows:
52	52	(a-1) A student enrolled in a college preparatory
53	53	mathematics or English language arts course under Section 28.014
54	54	who satisfies the Texas Success Initiative (TSI) college readiness
55	55	benchmarks prescribed by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating
56	56	Board under Section 51.334 on an assessment instrument designated
57	57	by the coordinating board under that section administered at the
58	58	end of the college preparatory mathematics or English language arts
59	59	course satisfies the requirements concerning and is exempt from the
60	60	administration of the Algebra I or the English I [and English II]
61	61	end-of-course assessment instrument [instruments], as applicable,
62	62	as prescribed by Section 39.023(c), even if the student did not
63	63	perform satisfactorily on a previous administration of the
64	64	applicable end-of-course assessment instrument. A student who
65	65	fails to perform satisfactorily on the assessment instrument
66	66	designated by the coordinating board under Section 51.334
67	67	administered as provided by this subsection may retake that
68	68	assessment instrument for purposes of this subsection or may take
69	69	the appropriate end-of-course assessment instrument.
70	70	(a-3) A student who, after retaking an end-of-course
71	71	assessment instrument for Algebra I [or English II], has failed to
72	72	perform satisfactorily as required by Subsection (a), but who
73	73	receives a score of proficient on the Texas Success Initiative
74	74	(TSI) diagnostic assessment for mathematics [the corresponding
75	75	subject for which the student failed to perform satisfactorily on
76	76	the end-of-course assessment instrument] satisfies the requirement
77	77	concerning the Algebra I [or English II] end-of-course assessment,
78	78	as applicable. This subsection expires September 1, 2023.
79	79	(h) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), in order to receive a
80	80	high school diploma, a student is not required to achieve a scale
81	81	score that indicates satisfactory performance on an end-of-course
82	82	assessment for secondary-level courses in English II or United
83	83	States history after the effective date of ___.B. No. _____, Acts of
84	84	the 87th Legislature, Regular Session, 2021, regardless of the date
85	85	the student enters high school.
86	86	(i) Subject to Subsection (j), a school district or
87	87	open-enrollment charter school policy that requires a student to
88	88	demonstrate satisfactory performance on an end-of-course
89	89	assessment for secondary-level courses in English II or United
90	90	States history does not apply to a student of the district or school
91	91	as of the effective date of ___.B. No. _____, Acts of the 87th
92	92	Legislature, Regular Session, 2021, regardless of the date that
93	93	student enters high school or whether the student is currently
94	94	enrolled in high school.
95	95	(j) The board of trustees of a school district or the
96	96	governing body of an open-enrollment charter school with a policy
97	97	described by Subsection (i) may readopt the policy after the
98	98	effective date of ___.B. No. _____, Acts of the 87th Legislature,
99	99	Regular Session, 2021, to apply to district or charter school
100	100	students enrolled in high school on or after the date the policy is
101	101	readopted.
102	102	SECTION 3. This Act applies beginning with the 2021-2022
103	103	school year.
104	104	SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
105	105	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
106	106	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
107	107	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
108	108	Act takes effect September 1, 2021.