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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the use of the SAT or the ACT as a secondary exit-level |
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assessment instrument to allow certain public school students to |
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receive a high school diploma. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 39.025, Education Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsection (f) and adding Subsection (f-1) to read as |
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follows: |
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(f) The commissioner shall by rule adopt a transition plan |
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to implement the amendments made by Chapter 1312 (S.B. No. 1031), |
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Acts of the 80th Legislature, Regular Session, 2007, replacing |
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general subject assessment instruments administered at the high |
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school level with end-of-course assessment instruments. The rules |
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must provide for the end-of-course assessment instruments adopted |
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under Section 39.023(c) to be administered beginning with students |
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enrolled in [entering] the ninth grade for the first time during the |
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2011-2012 school year. During the period under which the |
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transition to end-of-course assessment instruments is made: |
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(1) for students entering a grade above the ninth |
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grade during the 2011-2012 school year or students repeating ninth |
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grade during the 2011-2012 school year, the commissioner shall |
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retain, administer, and use for purposes of accreditation and other |
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campus and district accountability measures under this chapter the |
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assessment instruments required by Section 39.023(a) or (c), as |
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that section existed before amendment by Chapter 1312 (S.B. |
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No. 1031), Acts of the 80th Legislature, Regular Session, 2007; and |
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(2) a student subject to Subdivision (1) may not |
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receive a high school diploma unless the student has performed |
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satisfactorily on the SAT or the ACT as provided by Subsection (f-1) |
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or on each required assessment instrument administered under |
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Section 39.023(c), as that section existed before amendment by |
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Chapter 1312 (S.B. No. 1031), Acts of the 80th Legislature, Regular |
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Session, 2007. |
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(f-1) The commissioner shall establish satisfactory |
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performance levels for the SAT and the ACT that are equivalent in |
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rigor to the performance level required to be met under Subsection |
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(a), as that subsection existed before amendment by Chapter 1312 |
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(S.B. No. 1031), Acts of the 80th Legislature, Regular Session, |
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2007, that qualify a student subject to Subsection (f)(1) to |
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receive a high school diploma. Notwithstanding Subsection (f), the |
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commissioner is not required after September 1, 2017, to maintain |
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and administer assessment instruments administered under Section |
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39.023(c), as that section existed before amendment by Chapter 1312 |
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(S.B. No. 1031), Acts of the 80th Legislature, Regular Session, |
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2007. |
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SECTION 2. 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, 2017. |