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AN ACT
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relating to the United States history end-of-course assessment |
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instrument administered to public high school students and |
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reporting requirements for that assessment instrument. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 39.023, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (c-7) to read as follows: |
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(c-7) The United States history end-of-course assessment |
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instrument adopted under Subsection (c) must include 10 questions |
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randomly selected by the agency from the civics test administered |
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by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services as part |
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of the naturalization process under the federal Immigration and |
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Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. Section 1101 et seq.). The agency shall: |
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(1) ensure that the questions included in the |
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assessment instrument align with the essential knowledge and skills |
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adopted for the United States history course for which the |
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instrument is administered; and |
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(2) annually issue a report: |
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(A) providing the questions included in the |
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assessment instrument under this subsection and the answers to |
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those questions; and |
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(B) detailing student performance on the |
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questions included in the assessment instrument under this |
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subsection, both statewide and disaggregated by school district and |
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campus. |
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SECTION 2. Section 39.023(c-7), Education Code, as added by |
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this Act, applies beginning with students who enter the ninth grade |
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during the 2019-2020 school year. |
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SECTION 3. 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, 2019. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 1244 was passed by the House on March |
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20, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 3, 1 present, not |
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voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. |
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No. 1244 on May 23, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 138, Nays 1, |
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1 present, not voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 1244 was passed by the Senate, with |
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amendments, on May 21, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays |
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0. |
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______________________________ |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: __________________ |
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Governor |