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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to assessment of public school students enrolled in a |
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special education program. |
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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) Notwithstanding Subsection (b), (b-1), or any other |
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law, and to the extent consistent with federal law, a student in a |
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special education program under Subchapter A, Chapter 29, may not |
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be administered an assessment instrument if the student's parent or |
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a person standing in parental relation to the student has submitted |
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to the district or school a written statement indicating that the |
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parent or person standing in parental relation to the student |
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elects to exempt the student from administration of an assessment |
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instrument. The student's admission, review, and dismissal |
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committee, in consultation with the student's parent or a person |
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standing in parental relation to the student, shall develop an |
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individual progress plan for a student exempt from administration |
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of an assessment instrument as provided by this subsection. The |
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commissioner shall adopt rules as necessary to administer this |
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subsection. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2015-2016 |
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school year. |
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SECTION 3. 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. |