83R8370 CAS-D
 
  By: White H.B. No. 1916
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to exempting students from certain end-of-course
  assessment instruments based on certain alternative performance.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 39.025, Education Code, is amended by
  amending Subsection (a-1) and adding Subsection (a-4) to read as
  follows:
         (a-1)  The commissioner by rule shall determine a method by
  which a student's satisfactory performance on an [advanced
  placement test,] international baccalaureate examination[, an SAT
  Subject Test,] or another assessment instrument determined by the
  commissioner to be at least as rigorous as an end-of-course
  assessment instrument adopted under Section 39.023(c) may be used
  as a factor in determining whether the student satisfies the
  requirements of Subsection (a), including the cumulative score
  requirement of that subsection.  The commissioner by rule may
  determine a method by which a student's satisfactory performance on
  a Preliminary Scholastic Assessment Test (PSAT) [assessment] or a
  preliminary American College Test (ACT) [assessment] may be used as
  a factor in determining whether the student satisfies the
  requirements of Subsection (a).
         (a-4)  The commissioner shall determine a method by which a
  student's satisfactory performance on an SAT Subject Test or
  successful completion of a dual credit course, as determined in
  accordance with commissioner rule, may be used to satisfy the
  requirements concerning an end-of-course assessment instrument in
  an equivalent subject as prescribed by Subsection (a), including
  the cumulative score requirement of that subsection. The
  commissioner shall determine a method by which a student's score of
  three or higher on an advanced placement test in a subject may be
  used to satisfy the requirements concerning an end-of-course
  assessment instrument in an equivalent subject as prescribed by
  Subsection (a), including the cumulative score requirement of that
  subsection. The commissioner shall determine a method by which a
  student's overall score on or score on a portion of the Scholastic
  Assessment Test (SAT) or American College Test (ACT), determined by
  the commissioner in consultation with the commissioner of higher
  education to be equal to or higher than the minimum score acceptable
  for admission to a public institution of higher education in this
  state, may be used to satisfy the requirements concerning an
  end-of-course assessment instrument in one or more appropriate
  subjects as prescribed by Subsection (a), including the cumulative
  score requirement of that subsection. The commissioner shall adopt
  rules as necessary for the administration of this subsection.
         SECTION 2.  Section 39.023(o), Education Code, is repealed.
         SECTION 3.  This Act applies beginning with the 2013-2014
  school year.
         SECTION 4.  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, 2013.