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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the administration of certain required assessment |
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instruments in paper format. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 39, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 39.02342 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 39.02342. PAPER ADMINISTRATION OF ASSESSMENT |
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INSTRUMENTS ON REQUEST. (a) Subject to Subsection (c), a school |
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district may administer an assessment instrument required under |
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Section 39.023(a), (c), or (l) in paper format to any student whose |
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parent, guardian, or teacher in the applicable subject area |
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requests the assessment instrument be administered to the student |
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in paper format. |
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(b) A request for the administration of an assessment |
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instrument in paper format to a student under this section must be |
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submitted to the school district: |
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(1) for a fall administration of an assessment |
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instrument, not later than September 15 of the school year in which |
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the assessment instrument will be administered; and |
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(2) for a spring administration of an assessment |
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instrument, not later than December 1 of the school year in which |
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the assessment instrument will be administered. |
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(c) The number of students enrolled at a school district who |
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are administered an assessment instrument in paper format for any |
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single administration under this section may not exceed three |
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percent of the number of students enrolled in the district. On |
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receipt of more requests for administration of an assessment |
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instrument than the maximum number permitted under this subsection, |
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the district shall accept the requests in the order received until |
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the maximum number is reached. The limitation described by this |
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subsection does not apply to a student whose admission, review, and |
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dismissal committee determines that the administration of an |
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assessment instrument in paper format is a necessary modification |
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for the student. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2023-2024 |
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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 September 1, 2023. |