BILL ANALYSIS |
C.S.H.B. 2130 |
By: Roberts |
Public Education |
Committee Report (Substituted) |
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE
Interested parties contend that the state needs to evaluate whether its statewide testing policies should be changed to achieve better outcomes for students in special education programs. C.S.H.B. 2130 seeks to address this issue by requiring the Texas Education Agency to conduct a study of the impact of the statewide assessment program on students in special education programs.
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE IMPACT
It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly create a criminal offense, increase the punishment for an existing criminal offense or category of offenses, or change the eligibility of a person for community supervision, parole, or mandatory supervision.
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RULEMAKING AUTHORITY
It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution.
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ANALYSIS
C.S.H.B. 2130 amends the Education Code to require the Texas Education Agency (TEA), using data collected by TEA, including data collected during the 2015-2016 and 2017-2018 school years, and from funds already appropriated, to conduct a study of the impact of the statewide assessment program on students in a special education program. The bill requires TEA, in conducting the study, to address whether TEA has determined that the administration of alternate tests to students in a special education program complies with the federal Every Student Succeeds Act, whether administering other state-required tests to students in a special education program will provide an accurate assessment of the academic achievement of the students and cause specified results, and whether making a statutory change that has the effect of exempting students in a special education program from the administration of any statewide standardized test unless the student's parent or guardian requests such administration would impact the statewide assessment program and the extent of any such impact, including any legal impact. The bill requires TEA, in conducting the study, to identify specific recommendations to improve the impact of the statewide assessment program on students in a special education program and requires TEA to submit, not later than October 1, 2018, a report to each member of the legislature containing the determinations and recommendations under the bill's provisions. The bill requires TEA to publish on the TEA website the submitted report, all data on which TEA relied to form the basis of its determinations and recommendations, and the methodologies TEA used to conduct the study. The bill's provisions expire January 1, 2019.
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EFFECTIVE DATE
On passage, or, if the bill does not receive the necessary vote, September 1, 2017.
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COMPARISON OF ORIGINAL AND SUBSTITUTE
While C.S.H.B. 2130 may differ from the original in minor or nonsubstantive ways, the following comparison is organized and formatted in a manner that indicates the substantial differences between the introduced and committee substitute versions of the bill.
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