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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the establishment of a student performance designation |
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for secondary-level substitute assessment instruments and the use |
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of that designation for public school accountability purposes. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 39.025(a-2), Education Code, as added by |
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Chapter 1036 (H.B. 1613), Acts of the 84th Legislature, Regular |
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Session, 2015, is amended to read as follows: |
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(a-2) The commissioner shall determine a method by which a |
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student's satisfactory performance on an advanced placement test, |
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an international baccalaureate examination, an SAT Subject Test, |
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the SAT, the ACT, the Texas Success Initiative (TSI) diagnostic |
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assessment, or any nationally recognized norm-referenced |
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assessment instrument used by institutions of higher education to |
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award course credit based on satisfactory performance on the |
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assessment instrument shall be used to satisfy the requirements |
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concerning an end-of-course assessment instrument in an equivalent |
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course as prescribed by Subsection (a). The commissioner shall |
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determine a method by which a student's satisfactory performance on |
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the PSAT or the ACT-Plan shall be used to satisfy the requirements |
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concerning an end-of-course assessment instrument in an equivalent |
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course as prescribed by Subsection (a). In adopting methods for |
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substituting satisfactory performance on an assessment instrument |
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authorized under this subsection for requirements concerning an |
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end-of-course assessment instrument, the commissioner shall |
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designate a student's performance on a substitute assessment |
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instrument as "masters grade-level performance" if the student's |
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performance entitles the student to receive college credit or if |
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the student's performance meets the assessment instrument |
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provider's designated grade-level college readiness performance |
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benchmark. A student who fails to perform satisfactorily on a |
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substitute [test or other] assessment instrument authorized under |
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this subsection[, other than the PSAT or the ACT-Plan,] may retake |
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that [test or other] assessment instrument for purposes of this |
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subsection or may take the appropriate end-of-course assessment |
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instrument. [A student who fails to perform satisfactorily on the
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PSAT or the ACT-Plan must take the appropriate end-of-course
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assessment instrument.] The commissioner shall adopt rules as |
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necessary for the administration of this subsection. |
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SECTION 2. Section 39.025, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (a-5) to read as follows: |
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(a-5) The commissioner shall implement the changes in law |
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made by __.B. _____, 86th Legislature, Regular Session, 2019, to |
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Section 39.025(a-2), as added by Chapter 1036 (H.B. 1613), Acts of |
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the 84th Legislature, Regular Session, 2015, and Section |
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39.053(c-4) effective beginning with the 2019-2020 accountability |
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rating period. This subsection expires September 1, 2020. |
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SECTION 3. Section 39.053, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (c-4) to read as follows: |
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(c-4) The commissioner by rule shall determine a method for |
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appropriately crediting a student for growth under Subsection |
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(c)(2) based on the student's performance, including a student's |
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"masters grade-level performance," on a substitute assessment |
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instrument authorized under Section 39.025(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. |
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SECTION 4. This Act applies beginning with the 2019-2020 |
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school year. |
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SECTION 5. 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. |