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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the scheduling and field testing of assessment |
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instruments on public school campuses. |
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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 39.035 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 39.035. LIMITATION ON FIELD TESTING OF ASSESSMENT |
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INSTRUMENTS. (a) The agency may conduct field testing of questions |
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for any assessment instrument administered under Section |
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39.023(a), (b), (c), (d), or (l) that is separate from the |
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administration of the assessment instruments: |
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(1) only during the spring semester after the |
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assessment instruments are administered; and |
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(2) on the same school campus only once during a period |
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of four school years. |
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(b) The agency shall ensure that field testing is conducted |
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on a rotating basis among campuses in the state. |
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SECTION 2. Section 39.023, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (c-1) to read as follows: |
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(c-1) In adopting a schedule for the administration of |
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assessment instruments under this section, the State Board of |
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Education shall require assessment instruments administered under |
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Subsection (a) to be administered on a schedule so that the first |
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assessment instrument is administered at least two weeks later than |
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the date on which the first assessment instrument was administered |
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under Subsection (a) during the 2006-2007 school year. |
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SECTION 3. This Act applies beginning with the 2007-2008 |
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school year. |
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SECTION 4. 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. |