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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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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 for public high school students. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 39.023, 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 only questions aligning with the |
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United States history curriculum adopted under Subchapter A, |
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Chapter 28, are included in the end-of-course assessment |
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instrument; and |
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(2) annually report which questions were included in |
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the end-of-course assessment instrument under this subsection, |
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their answers, and the campus, district, and statewide data |
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associated with students' performance under this subsection. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with students who |
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enter the ninth grade 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. |