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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to state assessment of certain public school students |
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determined to have dyslexia or a related disorder. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 39.023(n), Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(n) This subsection applies only to a student who is |
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determined to have dyslexia or a related disorder and who is an |
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individual with a disability under 29 U.S.C. Section 705(20) and |
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its subsequent amendments. The agency shall adopt or develop |
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appropriate criterion-referenced and end-of-course assessment |
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instruments designed to assess the ability of and to be |
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administered to each student to whom this subsection applies for |
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whom the assessment instruments adopted or developed under |
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Subsection (a) or (c), as applicable, even with allowable |
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modifications, would not provide an appropriate measure of student |
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achievement, as determined by the committee established by the |
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board of trustees of the district to determine the placement of |
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students with dyslexia or related disorders. The committee shall |
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determine whether any allowable modification is necessary in |
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administering to a student an assessment instrument required under |
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this subsection. The assessment instruments required under this |
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subsection shall be administered on the same schedule as the |
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assessment instruments administered under Subsection (a) or (c), as |
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applicable. A student to whom this subsection applies for whom, as |
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determined in accordance with this subsection, the assessment |
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instruments adopted or developed under Subsection (a) or (c), as |
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applicable, even with allowable modifications, would not provide an |
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appropriate measure of student achievement may be granted an |
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exemption from the administration of those assessment instruments |
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until appropriate criterion-referenced or end-of-course assessment |
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instruments, as applicable, have been adopted or developed as |
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required under this subsection and thoroughly field tested. |
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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, 2013. |