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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the establishment and use of performance standards for |
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certain secondary-level alternate assessment instruments |
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administered to public school students. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 39.0241, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (a-2) to read as follows: |
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(a-2) This subsection applies only to an assessment |
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instrument authorized under Section 39.025(a-1) or Section |
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39.025(a-2), as added by Chapter 1036 (H.B. 1613), Acts of the 84th |
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Legislature, Regular Session, 2015, for use as an alternate |
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assessment instrument for purposes of satisfying the requirements |
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concerning an end-of-course assessment instrument. The |
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commissioner shall designate performance standards for student |
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performance on each assessment instrument subject to this |
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subsection in the same manner as the commissioner designates |
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performance standards for student performance on each |
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end-of-course assessment instrument listed in Section 39.023(c). |
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SECTION 2. 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, as determined under the |
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performance standards designated under Section 39.0241(a-2), on an |
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alternate assessment instrument. |
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SECTION 3. This Act applies beginning with the 2019-2020 |
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school year. |
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SECTION 4. 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. |