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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the schedule for administration of state-administered |
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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. Section 39.023(c-3), Education Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(c-3) In adopting a schedule for the administration of |
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assessment instruments under this section, the State Board of |
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Education shall require: |
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(1) assessment instruments [administered] under |
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Subsection (a) to be administered on a schedule so that the first |
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assessment instrument is administered at least two weeks later than |
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the date on which the first assessment instrument was administered |
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under Subsection (a) during the 2006-2007 school year; [and] |
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(2) the spring administration of end-of-course |
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assessment instruments under Subsection (c) to occur in each school |
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district not earlier than the first full week in May, except that |
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the spring administration of the end-of-course assessment |
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instruments in English I, English II, and English III must be |
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permitted to occur at an earlier date; and |
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(3) the administration of assessment instruments |
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under Subsection (a) and end-of-course assessment instruments |
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under Subsection (c), including any administration of an assessment |
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instrument for students who did not participate in the regular |
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administration or who failed to perform satisfactorily on the |
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assessment instrument, to occur only on a weekday. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2011-2012 |
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school year. |
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SECTION 3. 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. |