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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to public school selection of an alternative assessment |
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instrument in place of state-administered assessment instruments. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 39.026, Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 39.026. LOCAL OPTION. (a) Notwithstanding any other |
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provision of this title, a school district, in place of any [In |
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addition to the] assessment instruments required under Section |
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39.023 adopted by the agency and administered by the State Board of |
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Education, [a school district] may adopt and administer nationally |
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[criterion-referenced or] norm-referenced assessment instruments |
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selected by the district[, or both, at any grade level]. |
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(b) The commissioner shall adopt rules as necessary for the |
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administration of Subsection (a), including rules for using for |
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purposes of this code assessment instruments adopted under that |
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subsection in place of the assessment instruments otherwise |
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required under this subchapter. |
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(c) If there is a conflict between Subsection (a) and |
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federal law or regulation, the agency shall seek a waiver from the |
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application of conflicting federal law or regulation. |
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(d) In addition to the assessment instruments adopted by the |
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agency and administered by the State Board of Education or the |
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assessment instruments adopted and administered by the district |
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under Subsection (a), a school district may adopt and administer |
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criterion-referenced or norm-referenced assessment instruments at |
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any grade level. |
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(e) An [A norm-referenced] assessment instrument adopted |
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under this section must be economical, nationally recognized, and |
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approved by the agency [state-approved]. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2024-2025 |
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school year. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect on the 91st day after the last day of the |
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legislative session. |