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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the administration of assessment instruments to certain |
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students of limited English proficiency. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 39.023(l), Education Code, as effective |
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until on or before September 1, 2015, is amended to read as follows: |
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(l) The State Board of Education shall adopt rules for the |
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administration of the assessment instruments adopted under |
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Subsection (a) or the end-of-course assessment instruments adopted |
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under Subsection (c) in Spanish to students in grades three through |
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12 [five] who are of limited English proficiency, as defined by |
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Section 29.052, whose primary language is Spanish, and who are not |
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otherwise exempt from the administration of an assessment |
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instrument under Section 39.027(a)(1) or (2). Each student of |
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limited English proficiency whose primary language is Spanish, |
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other than a student to whom Subsection (b) applies, may be assessed |
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using assessment instruments in Spanish under this subsection [for
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up to three years] or assessment instruments in English under |
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Subsection (a) or end-of-course assessment instruments in English |
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under Subsection (c). The language proficiency assessment |
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committee established under Section 29.063 shall determine which |
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students are administered assessment instruments in Spanish under |
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this subsection. |
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SECTION 2. Section 39.023(l), Education Code, as effective |
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on or before September 1, 2015, is amended to read as follows: |
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(l) The State Board of Education shall adopt rules for the |
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administration of the assessment instruments adopted under |
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Subsection (a) or the end-of-course assessment instruments adopted |
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under Subsection (c) and, to the extent applicable, the assessment |
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instruments adopted under Subsection (a-4) in Spanish to students |
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in grades three through 12 [, four, and five] who are of limited |
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English proficiency, as defined by Section 29.052, whose primary |
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language is Spanish, and who are not otherwise exempt from the |
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administration of an assessment instrument under Section |
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39.027(a)(1) or (2). Each student of limited English proficiency |
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whose primary language is Spanish, other than a student to whom |
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Subsection (b) applies, may be assessed using assessment |
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instruments in Spanish under this subsection [for up to three
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years] or assessment instruments in English under Subsection (a) or |
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end-of-course assessment instruments in English under Subsection |
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(c) and, as applicable, Subsection (a-4). The language |
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proficiency assessment committee established under Section 29.063 |
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shall determine which students are administered assessment |
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instruments in Spanish under this subsection. |
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SECTION 3. Section 39.023(l), Education Code, as effective |
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September 1, 2017, is amended to read as follows: |
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(l) The State Board of Education shall adopt rules for the |
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administration of the assessment instruments adopted under |
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Subsection (a) or the end-of-course assessment instruments adopted |
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under Subsection (c) in Spanish to students in grades three through |
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12 [five] who are of limited English proficiency, as defined by |
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Section 29.052, whose primary language is Spanish, and who are not |
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otherwise exempt from the administration of an assessment |
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instrument under Section 39.027(a)(1) or (2). Each student of |
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limited English proficiency whose primary language is Spanish, |
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other than a student to whom Subsection (b) applies, may be assessed |
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using assessment instruments in Spanish under this subsection [for
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up to three years] or assessment instruments in English under |
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Subsection (a) or end-of-course assessment instruments in English |
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under Subsection (c). The language proficiency assessment |
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committee established under Section 29.063 shall determine which |
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students are administered assessment instruments in Spanish under |
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this subsection. |
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SECTION 4. This Act applies beginning with the 2015-2016 |
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school year. |
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SECTION 5. 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. |