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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to assessment alternatives or accommodations for certain |
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public school students in special education programs. |
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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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adding Subsections (b-1) and (b-2) to read as follows: |
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(b-1) The agency, in conjunction with appropriate |
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interested persons, shall redevelop assessment instruments adopted |
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or developed under Subsection (b) for administration to |
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significantly cognitively disabled students in a manner consistent |
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with federal law. An assessment instrument under this subsection |
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may not require a teacher to prepare tasks or materials for a |
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student who will be administered such an assessment instrument. |
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(b-2) Assessment instruments redeveloped under Subsection |
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(b-1) shall be administered beginning not later than the 2014-2015 |
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school year. This subsection expires September 1, 2015. |
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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. |