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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to field testing of assessment instruments on public |
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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. The agency may not field test questions for any |
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assessment instrument administered under Section 39.023(a), (b), |
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(c), (d), or (l) on the same school campus more than once during a |
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period of two school years. |
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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. |