83R1611 VOO-F
 
  By: Schwertner S.B. No. 1505
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the frequency of the release of questions and answer
  keys to state assessment instruments administered in public
  schools.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 39.023(e), Education Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (e)  Under rules adopted by the State Board of Education,
  each [every third] year, the agency shall release the questions and
  answer keys to each assessment instrument administered under
  Subsection (a), (b), (c), (d), or (l), excluding any assessment
  instrument administered to a student for the purpose of retaking
  the assessment instrument, after the last time the instrument is
  administered for that school year.  To ensure a valid bank of
  questions for use each year, the agency is not required to release a
  question that is being field-tested and was not used to compute the
  student's score on the instrument.  The agency shall also release,
  under board rule, each question that is no longer being
  field-tested and that was not used to compute a student's score.
         SECTION 2.  This Act applies beginning with the 2013-2014
  school year.
         SECTION 3.  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.