TO: | Honorable Jimmie Don Aycock, Chair, House Committee on Public Education |
FROM: | Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board |
IN RE: | HB659 by Strama (Relating to state assessment instruments administered in public schools.), As Introduced |
Fiscal Year | Probable Net Positive/(Negative) Impact to General Revenue Related Funds |
---|---|
2014 | $0 |
2015 | ($2,100,000) |
2016 | ($2,100,000) |
2017 | $0 |
2018 | ($2,100,000) |
Fiscal Year | Probable Savings/(Cost) from Foundation School Fund 193 |
---|---|
2014 | $0 |
2015 | ($2,100,000) |
2016 | ($2,100,000) |
2017 | $0 |
2018 | ($2,100,000) |
The bill would require a student’s performance on an end-of-course assessment to account for 15 percent of the student’s second semester grade for the course, instead of 15 percent of the final grade for the course currently required by statute.
The bill would require the annual release of questions and answer keys to each state assessment instrument instead of every three years.
The bill would require the Texas Education Agency to notify districts and campuses of the results of assessment instruments within 21 days of the administration of the assessment.
The bill would require a school district, including a disciplinary alternative education program provided by the district or a juvenile justice alternative education program, to provide a student the opportunity to retake the assessment by computer at any reasonable time.
The bill would remove the requirement that a student must achieve a minimum cumulative score across all end-of-course assessments to graduate. The bill would require a student to meet a minimum score on the English II and Algebra I assessments.
The bill would apply beginning with the 2013-14 school year.
Source Agencies: | 701 Central Education Agency
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LBB Staff: | UP, JBi, JSc, AH
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