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House Bill 2135 |
House Author: Hochberg et al. |
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Effective: 6-17-11 |
Senate Sponsor: Patrick |
House Bill 2135 amends the Education Code to exempt a student enrolled in the fifth or eighth grade from the administration of a fifth or eighth grade statewide standardized test in a particular subject, as applicable, if the student is enrolled in a course in the subject intended for students above the student's grade level and will be administered a statewide standardized test that aligns with the curriculum for the course in which the student is enrolled or the student is enrolled in a course in the subject for which the student will receive high school academic credit and will be administered an end-of-course test for the course. The bill prohibits such a student from being denied promotion on the basis of failure to perform satisfactorily on a test not required to be administered to the student.
House Bill 2135 establishes that state law does not prohibit the administration of a high school end-of-course test to a student enrolled below the high school level who is enrolled in the course for which the test is adopted. The bill requires the commissioner of education to adopt rules necessary to ensure that such a student's performance on the test is considered in the same manner as the performance of a student enrolled at the high school level, establishes that the performance of a student enrolled below the high school level on a high school end-of-course test is included with results relating to other students enrolled at the same grade level in the aggregated test results across grade levels by subject, and authorizes the commissioner to award a distinction designation to a campus with a significant number of students below grade nine who perform satisfactorily on such end-of-course tests.