| |
|
|
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
|
|
|
AN ACT
|
|
|
relating to the scheduling of the administration of certain |
|
|
postsecondary readiness assessment instruments to public high |
|
|
school students. |
|
|
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
|
|
SECTION 1. Section 39.0238(c), Education Code, is amended |
|
|
to read as follows: |
|
|
(c) In adopting a schedule for the administration of |
|
|
postsecondary readiness assessment instruments under this section, |
|
|
the State Board of Education shall make all reasonable efforts to |
|
|
schedule end-of-course assessment instruments as required by |
|
|
Section 39.023(c) so that the administration of those assessment |
|
|
instruments does not conflict with the administration of a |
|
|
nationally recognized assessment instrument, examination, or test |
|
|
administered under a uniform schedule and used by institutions of |
|
|
higher education to award course credit based on satisfactory |
|
|
performance on the assessment instrument, examination, or test, |
|
|
including an advanced placement test or international |
|
|
baccalaureate examination [require the annual administration of
|
|
|
the postsecondary readiness assessment instruments to occur not
|
|
|
earlier than the second full week in May]. |
|
|
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2017-2018 |
|
|
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, 2017. |