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	Amend CSSB 1031 by adding the following appropriately 
numbered SECTIONS and renumbering the following SECTIONS 
accordingly:
	SECTION ____. Subchapter B, Chapter 39, Education Code, is 
amended by adding Section 39.035 to read as follows:
	Sec. 39.035. LIMITATION ON FIELD TESTING OF ASSESSMENT 
INSTRUMENTS. (a) The agency may conduct field testing of questions 
for any assessment instrument administered under Section 
39.023(a), (b), (c), (d), or (1) that is separate from the 
administration of the assessment instruments:
		(1) only during the spring semester after the 
assessment instruments are administered; and
		(2) on the same school campus only once during a period 
of four school years.
	(b) The agency shall ensure that field testing is conducted 
on a rotating basis among campuses in the state.
	SECTION ____. Section 39.023, Education Code, is amended by 
adding Subsection (c-1) to read as follows:
	(c-1) In adopting a schedule for the administration of 
assessment instruments under this section, the State Board of 
Education shall require assessment instruments administered under 
Subsection (a) to be administered on a schedule so that the first 
assessment instrument is administered at least two weeks later than 
the date on which the first assessment instrument was administered 
under Subsection (a) during the 2006-2007 school year.