| 1 | 1 | | 87R3307 GCB-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Reynolds H.B. No. 378 |
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| 4 | 4 | | |
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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 certain state-required end-of-course |
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| 8 | 8 | | assessment instruments not required by federal law. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 39.023, Education Code, is amended by |
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| 11 | 11 | | amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (q) to read as |
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| 12 | 12 | | follows: |
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| 13 | 13 | | (c) The agency shall also adopt end-of-course assessment |
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| 14 | 14 | | instruments for secondary-level courses in Algebra I, biology, and |
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| 15 | 15 | | English I [, English II, and United States history]. The Algebra I |
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| 16 | 16 | | end-of-course assessment instrument must be administered with the |
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| 17 | 17 | | aid of technology, but may include one or more parts that prohibit |
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| 18 | 18 | | the use of technology. The English I [and English II] |
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| 19 | 19 | | end-of-course assessment instrument [instruments] must [each] |
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| 20 | 20 | | assess essential knowledge and skills in both reading and writing |
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| 21 | 21 | | and must provide a single score. A school district shall comply |
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| 22 | 22 | | with State Board of Education rules regarding administration of the |
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| 23 | 23 | | assessment instruments listed in this subsection. If a student is |
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| 24 | 24 | | in a special education program under Subchapter A, Chapter 29, the |
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| 25 | 25 | | student's admission, review, and dismissal committee shall |
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| 26 | 26 | | determine whether any allowable modification is necessary in |
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| 27 | 27 | | administering to the student an assessment instrument required |
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| 28 | 28 | | under this subsection. The State Board of Education shall |
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| 29 | 29 | | administer the assessment instruments. An end-of-course |
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| 30 | 30 | | assessment instrument may be administered in multiple parts over |
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| 31 | 31 | | more than one day. The State Board of Education shall adopt a |
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| 32 | 32 | | schedule for the administration of end-of-course assessment |
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| 33 | 33 | | instruments that complies with the requirements of Subsection |
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| 34 | 34 | | (c-3). |
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| 35 | 35 | | (q) This subsection applies to end-of-course assessment |
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| 36 | 36 | | instruments adopted under Subsection (c) for secondary-level |
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| 37 | 37 | | courses in English II and United States history, as that subsection |
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| 38 | 38 | | existed before amendment by __.B. No.___, Acts of the 87th |
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| 39 | 39 | | Legislature, Regular Session, 2021. The agency may retain |
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| 40 | 40 | | assessment instruments described by this subsection, but may not |
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| 41 | 41 | | require a school district to administer those assessment |
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| 42 | 42 | | instruments. A school district may choose to administer an |
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| 43 | 43 | | assessment instrument described by this subsection. An assessment |
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| 44 | 44 | | instrument described by this subsection administered by a school |
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| 45 | 45 | | district may not be used for accountability purposes to measure the |
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| 46 | 46 | | performance of the district or a district campus. |
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| 47 | 47 | | SECTION 2. Section 39.025(a-1), Education Code, is amended |
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| 48 | 48 | | to read as follows: |
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| 49 | 49 | | (a-1) A student enrolled in a college preparatory |
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| 50 | 50 | | mathematics or English language arts course under Section 28.014 |
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| 51 | 51 | | who satisfies the Texas Success Initiative (TSI) college readiness |
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| 52 | 52 | | benchmarks prescribed by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating |
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| 53 | 53 | | Board under Section 51.334 on an assessment instrument designated |
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| 54 | 54 | | by the coordinating board under that section administered at the |
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| 55 | 55 | | end of the college preparatory mathematics or English language arts |
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| 56 | 56 | | course satisfies the requirements concerning and is exempt from the |
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| 57 | 57 | | administration of the Algebra I or the English I [and English II] |
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| 58 | 58 | | end-of-course assessment instrument [instruments], as applicable, |
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| 59 | 59 | | as prescribed by Section 39.023(c), even if the student did not |
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| 60 | 60 | | perform satisfactorily on a previous administration of the |
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| 61 | 61 | | applicable end-of-course assessment instrument. A student who |
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| 62 | 62 | | fails to perform satisfactorily on the assessment instrument |
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| 63 | 63 | | designated by the coordinating board under Section 51.334 |
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| 64 | 64 | | administered as provided by this subsection may retake that |
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| 65 | 65 | | assessment instrument for purposes of this subsection or may take |
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| 66 | 66 | | the appropriate end-of-course assessment instrument. |
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| 67 | 67 | | SECTION 3. This Act applies beginning with the 2021-2022 |
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| 68 | 68 | | school year. |
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| 69 | 69 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 70 | 70 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 71 | 71 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 72 | 72 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 73 | 73 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |
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