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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to scoring the state exit-level assessment instruments |
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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 39.025(f), Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(f) The commissioner shall by rule adopt a transition plan |
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to implement the amendments made by Chapter 1312 (S.B. No. 1031), |
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Acts of the 80th Legislature, Regular Session, 2007, to this |
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section and Sections 39.023(a) and (c) and 39.051(b)(5). The rules |
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must provide for the end-of-course assessment instruments adopted |
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under Section 39.023(c) to be administered beginning with students |
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entering the ninth grade during the 2011-2012 school year. During |
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the period under which the transition to end-of-course assessment |
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instruments is made: |
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(1) for students entering a grade above the ninth |
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grade during the 2011-2012 school year: |
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(A) [,] the commissioner shall retain, |
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administer, and use for campus and district ratings under |
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Subchapter D the assessment instruments required by Section |
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39.023(a) or (c), as that section existed before amendment by |
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Chapter 1312 (S.B. No. 1031), Acts of the 80th Legislature, Regular |
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Session, 2007; and |
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(B) notwithstanding any other provision of this |
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chapter, for any purpose under this chapter, each student is |
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required only to achieve a cumulative score on the exit-level |
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assessment instruments administered under Section 39.023(c), as |
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that section existed before amendment by Chapter 1312 (S.B. No. |
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1031), Acts of the 80th Legislature, Regular Session, 2007, that is |
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at least equal to the product of the number of exit-level assessment |
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instruments administered under the section before the amendment and |
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70, with each exit-level assessment instrument scored on a scale of |
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100; and |
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(2) the agency may defer releasing assessment |
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instrument questions and answer keys as required by Section |
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39.023(e) to the extent necessary to develop additional assessment |
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instruments. |
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SECTION 2. 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, 2009. |