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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to academic assessment of public school students with |
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significant disabilities. |
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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 Subsection (b-2) to read as follows: |
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(b-2) In addition to assessment instruments redeveloped as |
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provided by Subsection (b-1), the agency, in conjunction with |
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appropriate interested persons, shall develop, in a manner |
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consistent with federal law, alternative methods for assessing |
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significantly cognitively disabled students and medically fragile |
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students in a special education program under Subchapter A, Chapter |
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29, for whom an assessment instrument under Subsection (b) or (b-1) |
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would not 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. An alternative method for assessing students under this |
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subsection may include, to the extent consistent with federal law, |
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portfolio assessment to evaluate student learning through a series |
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of student-produced work aligned to curriculum categories. The |
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commissioner by rule shall adopt procedures as necessary to enable |
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the administration of assessments developed under this subsection. |
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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, 2015. |