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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to district-required benchmark assessment instruments. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Section 39.0263, Education Code, |
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is amended by amending Subsection (a) to read as follows: |
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Sec. 39.0263. ADMINISTRATION OF DISTRICT-REQUIRED |
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BENCHMARK ASSESSMENT INSTRUMENTS TO PREPARE STUDENTS FOR |
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STATE-ADMINISTERED ASSESSMENT INSTRUMENTS. (a) In this section, |
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"benchmark assessment instrument" means a district-required |
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assessment instrument designed to prepare students for any part of |
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a corresponding state-administered assessment instrument. |
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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. |