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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a moratorium on administering assessment instruments to |
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public school students under the public school accountability |
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system. |
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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 39.0221 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 39.0221. TEMPORARY MORATORIUM ON ADMINISTERING |
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ASSESSMENT INSTRUMENTS. (a) The agency shall develop and |
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implement a plan for school districts to suspend the administration |
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of assessment instruments under Section 39.023 for the 2011-2012 |
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and 2012-2013 school years. |
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(b) A superintendent of a school district may suspend |
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district administration of assessment instruments under Section |
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39.023 for the 2011-2012 and 2012-2013 school years if the |
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suspension is: |
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(1) approved by the board of trustees of the district; |
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and |
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(2) consistent with the plan developed by the agency |
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under Subsection (a). |
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(c) A superintendent of a school district may apply funds |
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the superintendent identifies as savings from expenditures |
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otherwise required for assessment instruments or the |
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administration of assessment instruments only to: |
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(1) the retention of teachers or other district |
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personnel with direct student contact and involvement; or |
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(2) consumable resources requested by classroom |
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teachers for classroom instruction. |
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(d) The amount of state funding a school district receives |
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each school year is not contingent on a superintendent's decision |
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under this section concerning the administration of assessment |
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instruments under Section 39.023 for the 2011-2012 and 2012-2013 |
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school years. |
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(e) This section expires September 1, 2013. |
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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 on the 91st day after the last day of the |
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legislative session. |