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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to developmentally appropriate assessment of special |
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education students. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subsection (b), Section 39.023, Education Code, |
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is amended to read as follows: |
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(b) The agency shall develop or adopt appropriate |
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criterion-referenced alternative assessment instruments to be |
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administered to each student in a special education program under |
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Subchapter A, Chapter 29, for whom an assessment instrument adopted |
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under Subsection (a), even with allowable accommodations, would not |
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provide an appropriate measure of student achievement, as |
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determined by the student's admission, review, and dismissal |
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committee. The agency may not adopt a performance standard that |
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indicates that a student's performance on the alternate assessment |
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does not meet standards if the lowest level of the assessment |
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accurately represents the student's developmental level as |
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determined by the student's admission, review, and dismissal |
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committee. |
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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. As soon as practicable after the effective date |
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of this Act, but not later than October 1, 2013, the Texas Education |
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Agency shall adopt and implement rules consistent with Subsection |
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(b), Section 39.023, Education Code, as amended by this Act. |
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SECTION 4. 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. |