Texas 2023 - 88th 3rd C.S.

Texas House Bill HB58 Compare Versions

Version 1 (Old)

Version 2 (New)

Old	New	Differences
1	1	By: Bucy H.B. No. 58
2	2
3	3
4	4	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
5	5	AN ACT
6	6	relating to eliminating certain state-required end-of-course
7	7	assessment instruments not required by federal law and eliminating
8	8	graduation requirements based on satisfactory performance on
9	9	certain end-of-course assessment instruments.
10	10	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
11	11	SECTION 1. Section 39.023, Education Code, is amended by
12	12	amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (q) to read as
13	13	follows:
14	14	(c) The agency shall also adopt end-of-course assessment
15	15	instruments for secondary-level courses in Algebra I, biology, and
16	16	English I[, English II, and United States history]. The Algebra I
17	17	end-of-course assessment instrument must be administered with the
18	18	aid of technology, but may include one or more parts that prohibit
19	19	the use of technology. The English I [and English II] end-of-course
20	20	assessment instrument [instruments] must [each] assess essential
21	21	knowledge and skills in both reading and writing and must provide a
22	22	single score. A school district shall comply with State Board of
23	23	Education rules regarding administration of the assessment
24	24	instruments listed in this subsection. If a student is in a special
25	25	education program under Subchapter A, Chapter 29, the student's
26	26	admission, review, and dismissal committee shall determine whether
27	27	any allowable modification is necessary in administering to the
28	28	student an assessment instrument required under this subsection.
29	29	The State Board of Education shall administer the assessment
30	30	instruments. An end-of-course assessment instrument may be
31	31	administered in multiple parts over more than one day. The State
32	32	Board of Education shall adopt a schedule for the administration of
33	33	end-of-course assessment instruments that complies with the
34	34	requirements of Subsection (c-3).
35	35	(q) This subsection applies to end-of-course assessment
36	36	instruments adopted under Subsection (c) for secondary-level
37	37	courses in English II and United States history, as that subsection
38	38	existed before amendment by __.B. No.___, Acts of the 88th
39	39	Legislature, Regular Session, 2023. The agency may retain
40	40	assessment instruments described by this subsection, but may not
41	41	require a school district to administer those assessment
42	42	instruments. A school district may choose to administer an
43	43	assessment instrument described by this subsection. An assessment
44	44	instrument described by this subsection administered by a school
45	45	district may not be used for accountability purposes to measure the
46	46	performance of the district or a district campus.
47	47	SECTION 2. Section 39.025, Education Code, is amended by
48	48	amending Subsections (a-1) and (a-3) and adding Subsections (h),
49	49	(i), and (j) to read as follows:
50	50	(a-1) A student enrolled in a college preparatory
51	51	mathematics or English language arts course under Section 28.014
52	52	who satisfies the Texas Success Initiative (TSI) college readiness
53	53	benchmarks prescribed by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating
54	54	Board under Section 51.334 on an assessment instrument designated
55	55	by the coordinating board under that section administered at the
56	56	end of the college preparatory mathematics or English language arts
57	57	course satisfies the requirements concerning and is exempt from the
58	58	administration of the Algebra I or the English I [and English II]
59	59	end-of-course assessment instrument [instruments], as applicable,
60	60	as prescribed by Section 39.023(c), even if the student did not
61	61	perform satisfactorily on a previous administration of the
62	62	applicable end-of-course assessment instrument. A student who
63	63	fails to perform satisfactorily on the assessment instrument
64	64	designated by the coordinating board under Section 51.334
65	65	administered as provided by this subsection may retake that
66	66	assessment instrument for purposes of this subsection or may take
67	67	the appropriate end-of-course assessment instrument.
68	68	(a-3) A student who, after retaking an end-of-course
69	69	assessment instrument for Algebra I [or English II], has failed to
70	70	perform satisfactorily as required by Subsection (a)[,] but who
71	71	receives a score of proficient on the Texas Success Initiative
72	72	(TSI) diagnostic assessment for mathematics [the corresponding
73	73	subject for which the student failed to perform satisfactorily on
74	74	the end-of-course assessment instrument] satisfies the requirement
75	75	concerning the Algebra I [or English II] end-of-course assessment[,
76	76	as applicable].
77	77	(h) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), in order to receive a
78	78	high school diploma, a student is not required to achieve a scale
79	79	score that indicates satisfactory performance on an end-of-course
80	80	assessment for secondary-level courses in English II or United
81	81	States history after the effective date of __.B. No.___, Acts of the
82	82	88th Legislature, Regular Session, 2023, regardless of the date the
83	83	student enters high school.
84	84	(i) Subject to Subsection (j), a school district or
85	85	open-enrollment charter school policy that requires a student to
86	86	demonstrate satisfactory performance on an end-of-course
87	87	assessment for secondary-level courses in English II or United
88	88	States history does not apply to a student of the district or school
89	89	as of the effective date of __.B. No.___, Acts of the 88th
90	90	Legislature, Regular Session, 2023, regardless of the date that
91	91	student enters high school or whether the student is currently
92	92	enrolled in high school.
93	93	(j) The board of trustees of a school district or the
94	94	governing body of an open-enrollment charter school with a policy
95	95	described by Subsection (i) may readopt the policy after the
96	96	effective date of __.B. No.___, Acts of the 88th Legislature,
97	97	Regular Session, 2023, to apply to district or charter school
98	98	students enrolled in high school on or after the date the policy is
99	99	readopted.
100	100	SECTION 3. This Act applies beginning with the 2023-2024
101	101	school year.
102	102	SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
103	103	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
104	104	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
105	105	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
106	106	Act takes effect on the 91st day after the last day of the
107	107	legislative session.