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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the use of alternative or substitute exit-level |
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assessment instruments 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(f), Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(f) A student who entered a grade above the ninth grade |
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during the 2011-2012 school year or who repeated the ninth grade |
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during the 2011-2012 school year may not receive a high school |
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diploma unless the student [The commissioner shall by rule adopt a
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transition plan to implement the amendments made by Chapter 1312
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(S.B. No. 1031), Acts of the 80th Legislature, Regular Session,
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2007, replacing general subject assessment instruments
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administered at the high school level with end-of-course assessment
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instruments. The rules must provide for the end-of-course
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assessment instruments adopted under Section 39.023(c) to be
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administered beginning with students entering the ninth grade
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during the 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) has performed satisfactorily on each required |
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assessment instrument administered under Section 39.023(c), as |
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that section existed before September 1, 2007 [for students
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entering a grade above the ninth grade during the 2011-2012 school
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year, the commissioner shall retain, administer, and use for
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purposes of accreditation and other campus and district
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accountability measures under this chapter the assessment
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instruments required by Section 39.023(a) or (c), as that section
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existed before amendment by Chapter 1312 (S.B. No. 1031), Acts of
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the 80th Legislature, Regular Session, 2007]; or [and] |
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(2) meets the exit-level requirements using an |
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alternative assessment instrument adopted by the commissioner |
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under Subsection (d) or an allowed substitute assessment instrument |
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selected by the commissioner under Subsection (a-2), as added by |
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Chapter 1036 (H.B. 1613), Acts of the 84th Legislature, Regular |
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Session, 2015 [a student subject to Subdivision (1) may not receive
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a high school diploma unless the student has performed
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satisfactorily on each required assessment instrument administered
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under 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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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. |