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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to requiring school districts to administer college |
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readiness assessment instruments to certain students at state cost. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 39.0261(a) and (e), Education Code, are |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) In addition to the assessment instruments otherwise |
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authorized or required by this subchapter: |
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(1) each school year and at state cost, a school |
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district may administer to students in the spring of the eighth |
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grade an established, valid, reliable, and nationally |
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norm-referenced preliminary college preparation assessment |
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instrument for the purpose of diagnosing the academic strengths and |
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deficiencies of students before entrance into high school; |
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(2) each school year and at state cost, a school |
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district may administer to students in the 10th grade an |
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established, valid, reliable, and nationally norm-referenced |
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preliminary college preparation assessment instrument for the |
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purpose of measuring a student's progress toward readiness for |
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college and the workplace; [and] |
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(3) each school year and at state cost, a school |
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district shall administer to students in a grade level determined |
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by the commissioner who have been administered the Algebra I |
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end-of-course assessment or English I and English II end-of-course |
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assessments as described by Section 39.023(a-2)(2) one of the |
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valid, reliable, and nationally norm-referenced assessment |
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instruments used by colleges and universities as part of their |
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undergraduate admissions processes for the purpose of fulfilling |
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federal requirements regarding assessment at the high school level; |
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and |
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(4) high school students in the spring of the 11th |
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grade or during the 12th grade, other than students administered an |
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assessment instrument under Subdivision (3), may select and take |
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once, at state cost, one of the valid, reliable, and nationally |
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norm-referenced assessment instruments used by colleges and |
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universities as part of their undergraduate admissions processes. |
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(e) Subsection (a)(4) [(a)(3)] does not prohibit a high |
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school student in the [spring of the] 11th grade or during the 12th |
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grade from selecting and taking, at the student's own expense, one |
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of the valid, reliable, and nationally norm-referenced assessment |
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instruments used by colleges and universities as part of their |
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undergraduate admissions processes [more than once]. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2019-2020 |
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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. |