88R1527 AMF-D
By: Dean H.B. No. 748
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the administration of certain required assessment
instruments.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 39, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 39.02342 to read as follows:
Sec. 39.02342. ALTERNATIVE ADMINISTRATION OF ASSESSMENT
INSTRUMENTS BY STUDENT REQUEST. A school district shall administer
an assessment instrument required under Section 39.023(a), (c), or
(l) in paper format to any student who requests the assessment
instrument in paper format.
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2023-2024
school year.
SECTION 3. 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.