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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the administration of certain locally required |
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assessment instruments in public schools. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. The heading to Section 39.0262, Education Code, |
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is amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 39.0262. ADMINISTRATION OF LOCALLY REQUIRED |
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[DISTRICT-REQUIRED] ASSESSMENT INSTRUMENTS IN CERTAIN SUBJECT |
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AREAS. |
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SECTION 2. Section 39.0262(a), Education Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(a) In a subject area for which assessment instruments are |
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administered under Section 39.023, a school district may not |
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administer locally required [district-required] assessment |
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instruments to any student on more than 10 percent of the |
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instructional days in any school year, unless the student's teacher |
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in that subject area agrees to the administration of the |
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instrument. |
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SECTION 3. This Act applies beginning with the 2009-2010 |
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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, 2009. |