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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the administration of certain state assessment |
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instruments to public school students in certain grades. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 39.023, Education Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-3) to read as |
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follows: |
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(a) The agency shall adopt or develop appropriate |
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criterion-referenced assessment instruments designed to assess |
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essential knowledge and skills in reading, writing, mathematics, |
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social studies, and science. Except as provided by Subsection |
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(a-2), all students, other than students assessed under Subsection |
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(b) or (l) or exempted under Section 39.027, shall be assessed in: |
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(1) mathematics, [annually] in grades three, five, and |
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[through] seven without the aid of technology and in grade eight |
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with the aid of technology on any assessment instrument that |
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includes algebra; |
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(2) reading, [annually] in grades three, five, and |
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seven [through eight]; |
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(3) writing, including spelling and grammar, in grades |
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four and seven; |
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(4) social studies, in grades six and [grade] eight; |
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(5) science, in grades four [five] and eight; and |
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(6) any other subject and grade required by federal |
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law. |
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(a-3) If there is a conflict between Subsection (a) and |
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federal law or regulations as a result of forgoing under Subsection |
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(a) certain administration of assessment instruments to certain |
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students, the agency shall seek a waiver from the application of |
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conflicting federal law or regulations. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2013-2014 |
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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, 2013. |