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  84R9849 MK-D
 
  By: Miller of Fort Bend H.B. No. 3201
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to a federal waiver to allow the Texas Education Agency to
  administer annual assessment instruments based on modified
  achievement standards for certain public school students.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Not later than January 1, 2016, the Texas
  Education Agency shall apply to the United States Department of
  Education for a waiver of the federal prohibition on the use of
  annual assessment instruments based on modified achievement
  standards for students served by special education services.
         SECTION 2.  After receiving the waiver requested under
  Section 1 of this Act, the Texas Education Agency shall administer
  the STAAR-M assessment instrument to eligible special education
  students beginning with the 2016-2017 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, 2015.