82R9832 EAH-F
 
  By: Huberty H.B. No. 2509
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the implementation of the administration of
  end-of-course assessment instruments for high school courses in
  public schools.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Sections 39.025(f) and (g), Education Code, are
  amended to read as follows:
         (f)  The commissioner shall by rule adopt a transition plan
  to implement the amendments made by Chapter 1312 (S.B. No. 1031),
  Acts of the 80th Legislature, Regular Session, 2007, replacing
  general subject assessment instruments administered at the high
  school level with end-of-course assessment instruments.  The rules
  must provide for the end-of-course assessment instruments adopted
  under Section 39.023(c) to be administered beginning with students
  entering the ninth grade during the 2013-2014 [2011-2012] school
  year.  During the period under which the transition to
  end-of-course assessment instruments is made:
               (1)  for students entering a grade above the ninth
  grade during the 2013-2014 [2011-2012] school year, the
  commissioner shall retain, administer, and use for purposes of
  accreditation and other campus and district accountability
  measures under this chapter the assessment instruments required by
  Section 39.023(a) or (c), as that section existed before amendment
  by Chapter 1312 (S.B. No. 1031), Acts of the 80th Legislature,
  Regular Session, 2007;
               (2)  a student subject to Subdivision (1) may not
  receive a high school diploma unless the student has performed
  satisfactorily on each required assessment instrument administered
  under Section 39.023(c) as that section existed before amendment by
  Chapter 1312 (S.B. No. 1031), Acts of the 80th Legislature, Regular
  Session, 2007; and
               (3)  the agency may defer releasing assessment
  instrument questions and answer keys as required by Section
  39.023(e) to the extent necessary to develop additional assessment
  instruments.
         (g)  Rules adopted under Subsection (f) must require that
  each student who will be subject to the requirements of Subsection
  (a) is entitled to notice of the specific requirements applicable
  to the student.  Notice under this subsection must be provided not
  later than the date the student enters the eighth
  grade.  Subsection (f) and this subsection expire September 1, 2017
  [2015].
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2011.