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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the implementation of the administration of |
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end-of-course assessment instruments for high school courses in |
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public schools. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 39.025(f) and (g), Education Code, are |
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amended to 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, replacing |
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general subject assessment instruments administered at the high |
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school level with end-of-course assessment instruments. 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 2013-2014 [2011-2012] school |
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year. During the period under which the transition to |
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end-of-course assessment instruments is made: |
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(1) for students entering a grade above the ninth |
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grade during the 2013-2014 [2011-2012] school year, the |
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commissioner shall retain, administer, and use for purposes of |
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accreditation and other campus and district accountability |
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measures under this chapter the assessment instruments required by |
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Section 39.023(a) or (c), as that section existed before amendment |
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by Chapter 1312 (S.B. No. 1031), Acts of the 80th Legislature, |
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Regular Session, 2007; |
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(2) a student subject to Subdivision (1) may not |
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receive a high school diploma unless the student has performed |
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satisfactorily on each required assessment instrument administered |
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under Section 39.023(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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(3) 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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(g) Rules adopted under Subsection (f) must require that |
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each student who will be subject to the requirements of Subsection |
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(a) is entitled to notice of the specific requirements applicable |
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to the student. Notice under this subsection must be provided not |
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later than the date the student enters the eighth |
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grade. Subsection (f) and this subsection expire September 1, 2017 |
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[2015]. |
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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, 2011. |