88R8443 PRL-D
By: Guerra H.B. No. 3302
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a study by the Texas Education Agency on the
administration of assessment instruments in Spanish to certain
public school students in grades six through 12.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 39, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 39.02303 to read as follows:
Sec. 39.02303. STUDY ON ADMINISTRATION OF CERTAIN
ASSESSMENT INSTRUMENTS IN SPANISH. (a) In this section, "emergent
bilingual student" has the meaning assigned by Section 29.052.
(b) The agency shall conduct a study regarding the
feasibility of administering assessment instruments adopted under
Section 39.023 and administered to students in grades six through
12 in Spanish for emergent bilingual students whose primary
language is Spanish.
(c) The study must include research regarding how to
administer the assessment instrument in a manner that allows, to
the extent practicable, the score an emergent bilingual student
receives on the assessment instrument to be statistically useful
for comparison, considering the limited number of emergent
bilingual students, to performance by students administered the
same instrument in English.
(d) Not later than December 1, 2024, the agency shall
prepare and submit to the legislature a report on the results of the
study and any recommendations for legislative or other action.
(e) This section expires September 1, 2025.
SECTION 2. 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, 2023.