Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas House Bill HB3797 Compare Versions

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1	1	89R8295 BCH-D
2	2	By: Ashby H.B. No. 3797
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7	7	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	8	AN ACT
9	9	relating to the terminology used to refer to certain assessment
10	10	instruments administered to public school students.
11	11	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
12	12	SECTION 1. Section 39.025(a-2), Education Code, is amended
13	13	to read as follows:
14	14	(a-2) The commissioner shall determine a method by which a
15	15	student's satisfactory performance on an advanced placement test,
16	16	an international baccalaureate examination, an SAT Subject Test,
17	17	the SAT, the ACT, or any nationally recognized norm-referenced
18	18	assessment instrument used by institutions of higher education to
19	19	award course credit based on satisfactory performance on the
20	20	assessment instrument shall be used to satisfy the requirements
21	21	concerning an end-of-course assessment instrument in an equivalent
22	22	course as prescribed by Subsection (a). The commissioner shall
23	23	determine a method by which a student's satisfactory performance on
24	24	the PSAT or the PreACT [ACT-Plan] shall be used to satisfy the
25	25	requirements concerning an end-of-course assessment instrument in
26	26	an equivalent course as prescribed by Subsection (a). A student who
27	27	fails to perform satisfactorily on a test or other assessment
28	28	instrument authorized under this subsection, other than the PSAT or
29	29	the PreACT [ACT-Plan], may retake that test or other assessment
30	30	instrument for purposes of this subsection or may take the
31	31	appropriate end-of-course assessment instrument. A student who
32	32	fails to perform satisfactorily on the PSAT or the PreACT
33	33	[ACT-Plan] must take the appropriate end-of-course assessment
34	34	instrument. The commissioner shall adopt rules as necessary for
35	35	the administration of this subsection.
36	36	SECTION 2. Section 39.0263(c), Education Code, is amended
37	37	to read as follows:
38	38	(c) The prohibition prescribed by this section does not
39	39	apply to the administration of a college preparation assessment
40	40	instrument, including the PSAT, the PreACT [ACT-Plan], the SAT, or
41	41	the ACT, an advanced placement test, an international baccalaureate
42	42	examination, or an independent classroom examination designed or
43	43	adopted and administered by a classroom teacher.
44	44	SECTION 3. Section 39.202, Education Code, is amended to
45	45	read as follows:
46	46	Sec. 39.202. ACADEMIC DISTINCTION DESIGNATION FOR
47	47	DISTRICTS AND CAMPUSES. The commissioner by rule shall establish
48	48	an academic distinction designation for districts and campuses for
49	49	outstanding performance in attainment of postsecondary readiness.
50	50	The commissioner shall adopt criteria for the designation under
51	51	this section, including:
52	52	(1) percentages of students who:
53	53	(A) performed satisfactorily, as determined
54	54	under the college readiness performance standard under Section
55	55	39.0241, on assessment instruments required under Section
56	56	39.023(a), (b), (c), or (l), aggregated across grade levels by
57	57	subject area; or
58	58	(B) met the standard for annual improvement, as
59	59	determined by the agency under Section 39.034, on assessment
60	60	instruments required under Section 39.023(a), (b), (c), or (l),
61	61	aggregated across grade levels by subject area, for students who
62	62	did not perform satisfactorily as described by Paragraph (A);
63	63	(2) percentages of:
64	64	(A) students who earned a nationally or
65	65	internationally recognized business or industry certification or
66	66	license;
67	67	(B) students who completed a coherent sequence of
68	68	career and technical courses;
69	69	(C) students who completed a dual credit course
70	70	or an articulated postsecondary course provided for local credit;
71	71	(D) students who achieved applicable College
72	72	Readiness Benchmarks or the equivalent on the Preliminary
73	73	Scholastic Assessment Test (PSAT), the Scholastic Assessment Test
74	74	(SAT), the American College Test (ACT), or the PreACT [ACT-Plan]
75	75	assessment program; and
76	76	(E) students who received a score on either an
77	77	advanced placement test or an international baccalaureate
78	78	examination to be awarded college credit; and
79	79	(3) other factors for determining sufficient student
80	80	attainment of postsecondary readiness.
81	81	SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
82	82	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
83	83	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
84	84	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
85	85	Act takes effect September 1, 2025.