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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to release by the Texas Education Agency of questions and |
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answer keys to assessment instruments. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 39.023, Education Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsection (e) and adding Subsection (e-1) to read as |
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follows: |
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(e) Under rules adopted by the State Board of Education: |
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(1) the agency shall release to each school district |
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the |
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questions and answer keys to each assessment instrument |
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administered under Subsections (a), (b), (c), and (l) not later |
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than the 30th day after the date results are released under |
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Subsection (h); and |
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(2) [,] every other year, the agency shall release the |
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questions and answer keys to each assessment instrument |
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administered under Subsection [(a), (b), (c),] (d)[, or (l)] after |
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the last time the instrument is administered for that school year. |
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(e-1) To ensure a valid bank of questions for use in |
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assessment instruments administered under Subsection (a), (b), |
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(c), (d), or (l) each year, the agency is not required under |
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Subsection (e) to release a question that is being field-tested and |
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was not used to compute the student's score on the instrument. The |
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agency, under board rule, shall [also] release, after the last time |
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an assessment instrument is administered for that school year[,
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under board rule], each question that is no longer being |
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field-tested and that was not used to compute a student's score. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2007-2008 |
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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, 2007. |