Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

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1	1	89R2974 CXP-D
2	2	By: Landgraf H.B. No. 221
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7	7	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	8	AN ACT
9	9	relating to eliminating certain state-required assessment
10	10	instruments and certain end-of-course assessment instruments not
11	11	required by federal law.
12	12	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
13	13	SECTION 1. Section 28.0211(a-8), Education Code, is amended
14	14	to read as follows:
15	15	(a-8) A school district may not be required to provide
16	16	supplemental instruction under Subsection (a-1)(2) to a student in
17	17	more than two subject areas per school year. If the district would
18	18	otherwise be required to provide supplemental instruction to a
19	19	student in more than two subject areas for a school year, the
20	20	district shall prioritize providing supplemental instruction to
21	21	the student in mathematics and reading[, or Algebra I, English I, or
22	22	English II, as applicable,] for that school year.
23	23	SECTION 2. Section 39.023, Education Code, is amended by
24	24	amending Subsections (a), (c), and (c-2) and adding Subsection (q)
25	25	to read as follows:
26	26	(a) The agency shall adopt or develop appropriate
27	27	criterion-referenced assessment instruments designed to assess
28	28	essential knowledge and skills in reading, mathematics, [social
29	29	studies,] and science. Except as provided by Subsection (a-2), all
30	30	students, other than students assessed under Subsection (b) or (l)
31	31	or exempted under Section 39.027, shall be assessed in:
32	32	(1) mathematics, annually in grades three through
33	33	eight;
34	34	(2) reading, annually in grades three through eight;
35	35	(3) [social studies, in grade eight;
36	36	[(4)] science, in grades five and eight; and
37	37	(4) [(5)] any other subject and grade required by
38	38	federal law.
39	39	(c) The agency shall also adopt end-of-course assessment
40	40	instruments for secondary-level courses in reading, mathematics,
41	41	and science only as necessary to comply with the Every Student
42	42	Succeeds Act (20 U.S.C. Section 6301 et seq.) to be administered
43	43	only as necessary to meet the minimum requirements of that Act
44	44	[Algebra I, biology, English I, English II, and United States
45	45	history. The Algebra I end-of-course assessment instrument must
46	46	be administered with the aid of technology, but may include one or
47	47	more parts that prohibit the use of technology. The English I and
48	48	English II end-of-course assessment instruments must each assess
49	49	essential knowledge and skills in both reading and writing and must
50	50	provide a single score]. A school district shall comply with State
51	51	Board of Education rules regarding administration of the assessment
52	52	instruments adopted under [listed in] this subsection. If a
53	53	student is in a special education program under Subchapter A,
54	54	Chapter 29, the student's admission, review, and dismissal
55	55	committee shall determine whether any allowable modification is
56	56	necessary in administering to the student an assessment instrument
57	57	required under this subsection. The State Board of Education shall
58	58	administer the assessment instruments. An end-of-course
59	59	assessment instrument may be administered in multiple parts over
60	60	more than one day. The State Board of Education shall adopt a
61	61	schedule for the administration of end-of-course assessment
62	62	instruments that complies with the requirements of Subsection
63	63	(c-3).
64	64	(c-2) The agency may adopt end-of-course assessment
65	65	instruments for courses for which end-of-course assessment
66	66	instruments are not adopted under [not listed in] Subsection
67	67	(c). A student's performance on an end-of-course assessment
68	68	instrument adopted under this subsection is not subject to the
69	69	performance requirements established under Subsection (c) or
70	70	Section 39.025.
71	71	(q) Notwithstanding any provision of this section or other
72	72	law, if changes made to the Every Student Succeeds Act (20 U.S.C.
73	73	Section 6301 et seq.) reduce the number or frequency of assessment
74	74	instruments required to be administered to students, the State
75	75	Board of Education shall adopt rules reducing the number or
76	76	frequency of assessment instruments administered to students under
77	77	state law, and the commissioner shall ensure that students are not
78	78	assessed in subject areas or in grades that are no longer required
79	79	to meet the minimum requirements of that Act.
80	80	SECTION 3. Sections 39.025(a-1) and (a-3), Education Code,
81	81	are amended to read as follows:
82	82	(a-1) A student enrolled in a college preparatory
83	83	mathematics or English language arts course under Section 28.014
84	84	who satisfies the Texas Success Initiative (TSI) college readiness
85	85	benchmarks prescribed by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating
86	86	Board under Section 51.334 on an assessment instrument designated
87	87	by the coordinating board under that section administered at the
88	88	end of the college preparatory mathematics or English language arts
89	89	course satisfies the requirements concerning and is exempt from the
90	90	administration of the mathematics or reading [Algebra I or the
91	91	English I and English II] end-of-course assessment instrument
92	92	[instruments], as applicable, [as prescribed by Section
93	93	39.023(c),] even if the student did not perform satisfactorily on a
94	94	previous administration of the applicable end-of-course assessment
95	95	instrument. A student who fails to perform satisfactorily on the
96	96	assessment instrument designated by the coordinating board under
97	97	Section 51.334 administered as provided by this subsection may
98	98	retake that assessment instrument for purposes of this subsection
99	99	or may take the appropriate end-of-course assessment instrument.
100	100	(a-3) A student who, after retaking an end-of-course
101	101	assessment instrument for mathematics [Algebra I] or reading
102	102	[English II], has failed to perform satisfactorily as required by
103	103	Subsection (a), but who receives a score of proficient on the Texas
104	104	Success Initiative (TSI) diagnostic assessment for the
105	105	corresponding subject for which the student failed to perform
106	106	satisfactorily on the end-of-course assessment instrument
107	107	satisfies the requirement concerning the mathematics [Algebra I] or
108	108	reading [English II] end-of-course assessment, as applicable.
109	109	SECTION 4. Section 39.203(c), Education Code, is amended to
110	110	read as follows:
111	111	(c) In addition to the distinction designations described
112	112	by Subsections (a) and (b), a campus that satisfies the criteria
113	113	developed under Section 39.204 shall be awarded a distinction
114	114	designation by the commissioner for outstanding performance in
115	115	academic achievement in reading [English language arts],
116	116	mathematics, or science[, or social studies].
117	117	SECTION 5. Section 39.023(c-9), Education Code, is
118	118	repealed.
119	119	SECTION 6. This Act applies beginning with the 2025-2026
120	120	school year.
121	121	SECTION 7. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
122	122	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
123	123	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
124	124	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
125	125	Act takes effect September 1, 2025.