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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to including Texas history on state-mandated assessment |
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instruments administered to public school students. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 39.023(a), Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) The agency shall adopt or develop appropriate |
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criterion-referenced assessment instruments designed to assess |
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essential knowledge and skills in reading, writing, mathematics, |
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social studies, and science. All students, except students |
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assessed under Subsection (b) or (l) or exempted under Section |
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39.027, shall be assessed in: |
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(1) mathematics, annually in grades three through |
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seven without the aid of technology and in grades eight through 11 |
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with the aid of technology on any assessment instruments that |
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include algebra; |
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(2) reading, annually in grades three through nine; |
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(3) writing, including spelling and grammar, in grades |
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four and seven; |
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(4) English language arts, in grade 10; |
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(5) social studies: |
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(A) including Texas history, in grade [grades] |
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eight; and |
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(B) in grade 10; |
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(6) science, in grades five, eight, and 10; and |
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(7) any other subject and grade required by federal |
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law. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2008-2009 |
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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. |