87R1173 MM-D
 
  By: Menéndez S.B. No. 260
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the administration of assessment instruments in public
  schools and eliminating the requirement to use public school
  assessment instruments as a criterion for promotion or graduation
  or to make certain accountability determinations.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 18.005(c), Education Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (c)  A Job Corps diploma program shall:
               (1)  develop educational programs specifically
  designed for persons eligible for enrollment in a Job Corps
  training program established by the United States Department of
  Labor;
               (2)  coordinate educational programs and services in
  the diploma program with programs and services provided by the
  United States Department of Labor and other federal and state
  agencies and local political subdivisions and by persons who
  provide programs and services under contract with the United States
  Department of Labor;
               (3)  provide a course of instruction that includes the
  required curriculum under Subchapter A, Chapter 28; and
               (4)  [require that students enrolled in the diploma
  program satisfy the requirements of Section 39.025 before receiving
  a diploma under this chapter; and
               [(5)]  comply with a requirement imposed under this
  title or a rule adopted under this title relating to the Public
  Education Information Management System (PEIMS) to the extent
  necessary to determine compliance with this chapter, as determined
  by the commissioner.
         SECTION 2.  Section 18.006(b), Education Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (b)  In addition to other factors determined to be
  appropriate by the commissioner, the accountability system must
  include consideration of[:
               [(1)  student performance on the end-of-course
  assessment instruments required by Section 39.023(c); and
               [(2)]  dropout rates, including dropout rates and
  diploma program completion rates for the grade levels served by the
  diploma program.
         SECTION 3.  Section 19.0043(b), Education Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (b)  A student may graduate and receive a diploma from a
  Windham School District educational program if:
               (1)  the student successfully completes the curriculum
  requirements identified by the State Board of Education under
  Section 28.025(a) [and complies with Section 39.025]; or
               (2)  the student successfully completes the curriculum
  requirements under Section 28.025(a) as modified by an
  individualized education program developed under Section 29.005.
         SECTION 4.  Section 25.005(b), Education Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (b)  A reciprocity agreement must:
               (1)  address procedures for:
                     (A)  transferring student records; and
                     (B)  awarding credit for completed course work;
  and
                     [(C)  permitting a student to satisfy the
  requirements of Section 39.025 through successful performance on
  comparable end-of-course or other exit-level assessment
  instruments administered in another state; and]
               (2)  include appropriate criteria developed by the
  agency.
         SECTION 5.  Section 26.005, Education Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         Sec. 26.005.  ACCESS TO STATE ASSESSMENTS. (a) Except as
  provided by Section 39.023(e) or this section, a parent is entitled
  to access to a copy of each state assessment instrument
  administered under Section 39.023 to the parent's child.
         (b)  The agency by rule shall determine the manner in which
  access to any copy of an assessment instrument adopted under
  Section 39.023(a) or (c) is provided.
         SECTION 6.  Section 28.006(j), Education Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (j)  No more than 15 percent of the funds certified by the
  commissioner under Subsection (i) may be spent on indirect costs.
  The commissioner shall evaluate the programs that fail to meet the
  standard of performance under Section 39.301(c)(6) [39.301(c)(5)]
  and may implement interventions or sanctions under Chapter 39A. The
  commissioner may audit the expenditures of funds appropriated for
  purposes of this section. The use of the funds appropriated for
  purposes of this section shall be verified as part of the district
  audit under Section 44.008.
         SECTION 7.  Section 28.014(a), Education Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (a)  Each school district shall partner with at least one
  institution of higher education to develop and provide courses in
  college preparatory mathematics and English language arts. The
  courses must be designed:
               (1)  for students at the 12th grade level whose
  performance on:
                     (A)  an [end-of-course] assessment instrument
  required under Section 39.023(c) does not meet college readiness
  standards; or
                     (B)  coursework, a college entrance examination,
  or an assessment instrument designated under Section 51.334
  indicates that the student is not ready to perform entry-level
  college coursework; and
               (2)  to prepare students for success in entry-level
  college courses.
         SECTION 8.  Section 28.021(c), Education Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (c)  In determining promotion under Subsection (a), a school
  district shall consider:
               (1)  the recommendation of the student's teacher;
               (2)  the student's grade in each subject or course; and
               (3)  [the student's score on an assessment instrument
  administered under Section 39.023(a), (b), or (l), to the extent
  applicable; and
               [(4)]  any other necessary academic information, as
  determined by the district.
         SECTION 9.  The heading to Section 28.0211, Education Code,
  is amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 28.0211.  [SATISFACTORY PERFORMANCE ON ASSESSMENT
  INSTRUMENTS REQUIRED;] ACCELERATED INSTRUCTION.
         SECTION 10.  Sections 28.0211(a-1), (c), (d), (g), (i), and
  (k), Education Code, are amended to read as follows:
         (a-1)  Each time a student fails to perform satisfactorily on
  an assessment instrument administered under Section 39.023(a) [in
  the third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, or eighth grade], the
  school district in which the student attends school shall provide
  to the student accelerated instruction in the applicable subject
  area. Accelerated instruction may require participation of the
  student before or after normal school hours and may include
  participation at times of the year outside normal school
  operations.
         (c)  [Each time a student fails to perform satisfactorily on
  an assessment instrument specified under Subsection (a), the school
  district in which the student attends school shall provide to the
  student accelerated instruction in the applicable subject area,
  including reading instruction for a student who fails to perform
  satisfactorily on a reading assessment instrument. After a student
  fails to perform satisfactorily on an assessment instrument a
  second time, a grade placement committee shall be established to
  prescribe the accelerated instruction the district shall provide to
  the student before the student is administered the assessment
  instrument the third time. The grade placement committee shall be
  composed of the principal or the principal's designee, the
  student's parent or guardian, and the teacher of the subject of an
  assessment instrument on which the student failed to perform
  satisfactorily. The district shall notify the parent or guardian
  of the time and place for convening the grade placement committee
  and the purpose of the committee.] An accelerated instruction
  group administered by a school district under this section may not
  have a ratio of more than 10 students for each teacher.
         (d)  In addition to providing accelerated instruction to a
  student under Subsection (a-1) [(c)], the district shall notify the
  student's parent or guardian of:
               (1)  the student's failure to perform satisfactorily on
  the assessment instrument; and
               (2)  the accelerated instruction program to which the
  student is assigned[; and
               [(3)  the possibility that the student might be
  retained at the same grade level for the next school year].
         (g)  This section does not preclude the retention at a grade
  level, in accordance with state law or school district policy, of a
  student who performs satisfactorily on an assessment instrument
  [specified under Subsection (a)].
         (i)  The admission, review, and dismissal committee of a
  student who participates in a district's special education program
  under Subchapter A, Chapter 29, and who does not perform
  satisfactorily on an assessment instrument [specified under
  Subsection (a) and] administered under Section 39.023(a) or (b)
  must meet before the student is administered the assessment
  instrument for the second time. The committee shall determine[:
               [(1)] the manner in which the student will participate
  in an accelerated instruction program under this section[; and
               [(2) whether the student will be promoted in accordance
  with Subsection (i-1) or retained under this section].
         (k)  The commissioner shall adopt rules as necessary to
  implement this section[, including rules concerning when school
  districts shall administer assessment instruments required under
  this section and which administration of the assessment instruments
  will be used for purposes of Section 39.054].
         SECTION 11.  Section 28.0217, Education Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         Sec. 28.0217.  ACCELERATED INSTRUCTION FOR HIGH SCHOOL
  STUDENTS.  Each time a student fails to perform satisfactorily on an
  assessment instrument required [administered] under Section
  39.023(c), the school district in which the student attends school
  shall provide to the student accelerated instruction in the
  applicable subject area, using funds appropriated for accelerated
  instruction under Section 28.0211.  Accelerated instruction may
  require participation of the student before or after normal school
  hours and may include participation at times of the year outside
  normal school operations.
         SECTION 12.  Section 28.023(c), Education Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (c)  A school district shall give a student in grade level
  six or above credit for a subject on the basis of an examination for
  credit in the subject approved by the board of trustees under
  Subsection (a) if the student scores in the 80th percentile or above
  on the examination or if the student achieves a score as provided by
  Subsection (c-1).  If a student is given credit in a subject on the
  basis of an examination, the district shall enter the examination
  score on the student's transcript [and the student is not required
  to take an end-of-course assessment instrument adopted under
  Section 39.023(c) for that subject].
         SECTION 13.  Sections 28.025(b-4), (b-7), (c), (c-8), and
  (e), Education Code, are amended to read as follows:
         (b-4)  A school district may offer the curriculum described
  in Subsections (b-1)(1) through (4) in an applied manner.  Courses
  delivered in an applied manner must cover the essential knowledge
  and skills[, and the student shall be administered the applicable
  end-of-course assessment instrument as provided by Sections
  39.023(c) and 39.025].
         (b-7)  The State Board of Education, in coordination with the
  Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, shall adopt rules to
  ensure that a student may comply with the curriculum requirements
  under the foundation high school program or for an endorsement
  under Subsection (c-1) by successfully completing appropriate
  courses in the core curriculum of an institution of higher
  education under Section 61.822. Notwithstanding Subsection (b-15)
  or (c) [of this section, Section 39.025,] or any other provision of
  this code and notwithstanding any school district policy, a student
  who has completed the core curriculum of an institution of higher
  education under Section 61.822, as certified by the institution in
  accordance with commissioner rule, is considered to have earned a
  distinguished level of achievement under the foundation high school
  program and is entitled to receive a high school diploma from the
  appropriate high school as that high school is determined in
  accordance with commissioner rule.  A student who is considered to
  have earned a distinguished level of achievement under the
  foundation high school program under this subsection may apply for
  admission to an institution of higher education for the first
  semester or other academic term after the semester or other
  academic term in which the student completes the core curriculum.
         (c)  A person may receive a diploma if the person is eligible
  for a diploma under Section 28.0251. In other cases, a student may
  graduate and receive a diploma only if:
               (1)  the student successfully completes the curriculum
  requirements identified by the State Board of Education under
  Subsection (a) and complies with Section [Sections] 28.0256 [and
  39.025]; or
               (2)  the student successfully completes an
  individualized education program developed under Section 29.005.
         (c-8)  For purposes of Subsection (c-7), the admission,
  review, and dismissal committee of a student in a special education
  program under Subchapter A, Chapter 29, shall determine whether the
  student is required to achieve satisfactory performance on an
  [end-of-course] assessment instrument required under Section
  39.023(c) to earn an endorsement on the student's transcript.
         (e)  Each school district shall report the academic
  achievement record of students who have completed the foundation
  high school program on transcript forms adopted by the State Board
  of Education.  [The transcript forms adopted by the board must be
  designed to clearly identify whether a student received a diploma
  or a certificate of coursework completion.]
         SECTION 14.  Sections 28.02541(a) and (d), Education Code,
  are amended to read as follows:
         (a)  This section applies only to a student who:
               (1)  entered the ninth grade before the 2011-2012
  school year; and
               (2)  successfully completed the curriculum
  requirements for high school graduation applicable to the student
  when the student entered the ninth grade[;
               [(3)  has not performed satisfactorily on an assessment
  instrument or a part of an assessment instrument required for high
  school graduation, including an alternate assessment instrument
  offered under Section 39.025(c-2); and
               [(4)  has been administered the assessment instrument
  or the part of the assessment instrument for which the student has
  not performed satisfactorily at least three times].
         (d)  In adopting rules under Subsection (c)(2), the
  commissioner may authorize as an alternative requirement:
               (1)  [an alternative assessment instrument and
  performance standard for that assessment instrument;
               [(2)]  work experience; or
               (2) [(3)]  military or other relevant life experience.
         SECTION 15.  Section 28.0255(g), Education Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (g)  A student is entitled to a high school diploma if the
  student[:
               [(1)]  successfully complies with the curriculum
  requirements specified under Subsection (e)[; and
               [(2)  performs satisfactorily, as determined by the
  commissioner under Subsection (h), on end-of-course assessment
  instruments listed under Section 39.023(c) for courses in which the
  student was enrolled].
         SECTION 16.  Section 28.02591(a), Education Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (a)  The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, in
  coordination with the agency, shall collect longitudinal data
  relating to the post-graduation pursuits of each student who is
  awarded a diploma based on the determination of an individual
  graduation committee under former Section 28.0258, as that section
  existed on January 1, 2021 [before September 1, 2023], including
  whether the student:
               (1)  enters the workforce;
               (2)  enrolls in an associate degree or certificate
  program at a public or private institution of higher education;
               (3)  enrolls in a bachelor's degree program at a public
  or private institution of higher education; or
               (4)  enlists in the armed forces of the United States or
  the Texas National Guard.
         SECTION 17.  Section 29.056(g), Education Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (g)  A district may transfer a student of limited English
  proficiency out of a bilingual education or special language
  program for the first time or a subsequent time if the student is
  able to participate equally in a regular all-English instructional
  program as determined by:
               (1)  agency-approved tests administered at the end of
  each school year to determine the extent to which the student has
  developed oral and written language proficiency and specific
  language skills in English;
               (2)  satisfactory performance on the reading
  assessment instrument under Section 39.023(a) or the [an] English
  language arts portion of the assessment instrument under Section
  39.023(c), as applicable, with the assessment instrument
  administered in English, or, if the student is enrolled in the first
  or second grade, an achievement score at or above the 40th
  percentile in the reading and language arts sections of an English
  standardized test approved by the agency; and
               (3)  agency-approved criterion-referenced tests and
  the results of a subjective teacher evaluation.
         SECTION 18.  Sections 29.081(b) and (b-1), Education Code,
  are amended to read as follows:
         (b)  Each district shall provide accelerated instruction to
  a student enrolled in the district who has taken the [an
  end-of-course] assessment instrument required [administered] under
  Section 39.023(c) and has not performed satisfactorily [on the
  assessment instrument] or who is at risk of dropping out of school.
         (b-1)  Each school district shall offer before the next
  scheduled administration of the assessment instrument, without
  cost to the student, additional accelerated instruction to each
  student in any subject in which the student failed to perform
  satisfactorily on the [an end-of-course] assessment instrument
  required under Section 39.023(c) [for graduation].
         SECTION 19.  Sections 29.087(f) and (l), Education Code, are
  amended to read as follows:
         (f)  A student participating in a program authorized by this
  section, other than a student ordered to participate under
  Subsection (d)(1), [must have taken the appropriate end-of-course
  assessment instruments specified by Section 39.023(c) before
  entering the program and] must take the [each appropriate
  end-of-course] assessment instrument required under Section
  39.023(c) before or [administered] during the period in which the
  student is enrolled in the program.  Except for a student ordered to
  participate under Subsection (d)(1), a student participating in the
  program may not take the high school equivalency examination unless
  the student has taken the assessment instrument [instruments]
  required by this subsection.
         (l)  The commissioner may revoke a school district's or
  open-enrollment charter school's authorization under this section
  after consideration of relevant factors, including [performance of
  students participating in the district's or school's program on
  assessment instruments required under Chapter 39,] the percentage
  of students participating in the district's or school's program who
  complete the program and perform successfully on the high school
  equivalency examination[,] and other criteria adopted by the
  commissioner. A decision by the commissioner under this subsection
  is final and may not be appealed.
         SECTION 20.  Sections 29.259(g), (i), and (o), Education
  Code, are amended to read as follows:
         (g)  A person who is at least 18 years of age and not more
  than 50 years of age is eligible to enroll in the adult education
  program under this section if the person:
               (1)  has failed to complete the curriculum requirements
  for high school graduation; or
               (2)  has failed to perform satisfactorily on an
  assessment instrument that, before the 2021-2022 school year, was
  required for high school graduation.
         (i)  A charter granted under this section must:
               (1)  include a description of the adult education
  program to be offered under this section; and
               (2)  establish specific, objective standards for
  receiving a high school diploma, including[:
                     [(A)]  successful completion of:
                     (A) [(i)]  if applicable to the program
  participant, the curriculum requirements under Section 28.025; or
                     (B) [(ii)]  the appropriate curriculum
  requirements applicable to the program participant[; and
                     [(B)  satisfactory performance on the
  standardized secondary exit-level assessment instrument described
  by Subsection (c)].
         (o)  The commissioner shall develop and adopt performance
  frameworks that establish standards by which to measure the
  performance of an adult high school program operated under a
  charter granted under this section in a manner consistent with the
  requirements provided for an open-enrollment charter school under
  Sections 12.1181(a) and (b). The commissioner shall include in the
  performance frameworks adopted under this subsection the following
  performance indicators:
               (1)  [the percentage of program participants who
  performed satisfactorily on the standardized secondary exit-level
  assessment instrument described by Subsection (c);
               [(2)]  the percentage of program participants who
  successfully completed the high school program and earned a high
  school diploma;
               (2) [(3)]  the percentage of program participants who
  successfully completed career and technology education courses and
  obtained industry certification;
               (3) [(4)]  the percentage of program participants who
  have enrolled in an institution of higher education or private or
  independent institution of higher education, as those terms are
  defined under Section 61.003; and
               (4) [(5)]  the percentage of program participants who
  earned a wage, salary, or other income increase that was
  significant as determined and reported by the Texas Workforce
  Commission.
         SECTION 21.  Sections 29.402(b) and (c), Education Code, are
  amended to read as follows:
         (b)  A person who is under 26 years of age is eligible to
  enroll in a dropout recovery program under this subchapter if the
  person:
               (1)  must complete not more than three course credits
  to complete the curriculum requirements for the foundation high
  school program for high school graduation; or
               (2)  has failed to perform satisfactorily on:
                     (A)  an [end-of-course] assessment instrument
  required [administered] under Section 39.023(c);
                     (B)  an assessment instrument administered under
  Section 39.023(c) as that section existed before amendment by _.B.
  ___, Acts of the 87th Legislature, Regular Session, 2021; or
                     (C)  an assessment instrument administered under
  Section 39.023(c) as that section existed before amendment by
  Chapter 1312 (S.B. 1031), Acts of the 80th Legislature, Regular
  Session, 2007.
         (c)  A public junior college under this section shall:
               (1)  design a dropout recovery curriculum that includes
  career and technology education courses that lead to industry or
  career certification;
               (2)  integrate into the dropout recovery curriculum
  research-based strategies to assist students in becoming able
  academically to pursue postsecondary education, including:
                     (A)  high quality, college readiness instruction
  with strong academic and social supports;
                     (B)  secondary to postsecondary bridging that
  builds college readiness skills, provides a plan for college
  completion, and ensures transition counseling; and
                     (C)  information concerning appropriate supports
  available in the first year of postsecondary enrollment to ensure
  postsecondary persistence and success, to the extent funds are
  available for the purpose;
               (3)  offer advanced academic and transition
  opportunities, including dual credit courses and college
  preparatory courses, such as advanced placement courses; and
               (4)  coordinate with each partnering school district to
  provide in the articulation agreement that the district retains
  accountability for student attendance and[,] student completion of
  high school course requirements[, and student performance on
  assessment instruments] as necessary for the student to receive a
  diploma from a high school of the partnering school district.
         SECTION 22.  Section 30.021(e), Education Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (e)  The school shall cooperate with public and private
  agencies and organizations serving students and other persons with
  visual impairments in the planning, development, and
  implementation of effective educational and rehabilitative service
  delivery systems associated with educating students with visual
  impairments. To maximize and make efficient use of state
  facilities, funding, and resources, the services provided in this
  area may include conducting a cooperative program with other
  agencies to serve students who have graduated from high school by
  completing all academic requirements applicable to students in
  regular education[, excluding satisfactory performance under
  Section 39.025,] who are younger than 22 years of age on September 1
  of the school year and who have identified needs related to
  vocational training, independent living skills, orientation and
  mobility, social and leisure skills, compensatory skills, or
  remedial academic skills.
         SECTION 23.  Section 30.104(b), Education Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (b)  A student may graduate and receive a diploma from a
  department educational program if:
               (1)  the student successfully completes the curriculum
  requirements identified by the State Board of Education under
  Section 28.025(a) [and complies with Section 39.025]; or
               (2)  the student successfully completes the curriculum
  requirements under Section 28.025(a) as modified by an
  individualized education program developed under Section 29.005.
         SECTION 24.  Section 32.258(b), Education Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (b)  The system established under Subsection (a) shall
  provide a means for a student or the student's parent or other
  person standing in parental relationship to track the student's
  progress on assessment instruments [instrument requirements for
  graduation].
         SECTION 25.  Section 37.008(m), Education Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (m)  The commissioner shall adopt rules necessary to
  evaluate annually the performance of each district's disciplinary
  alternative education program established under this subchapter.
  The evaluation required by this section shall be based on
  indicators defined by the commissioner[, but must include student
  performance on assessment instruments required under Sections
  39.023(a) and (c)]. Academically, the mission of disciplinary
  alternative education programs shall be to enable students to
  perform at grade level.
         SECTION 26.  Section 39.023(a), Education Code, as effective
  until September 1, 2021, is amended to read as follows:
         (a)  The agency shall adopt nationally recognized [or
  develop appropriate criterion-referenced] assessment instruments
  designed to assess essential knowledge and skills in reading,
  [writing,] mathematics, [social studies,] and science. Except as
  provided by Subsection (a-2), all students, other than students
  assessed under Subsection (b) or (l) or exempted under Section
  39.027, shall be assessed in:
               (1)  mathematics, annually in grades three through
  eight;
               (2)  reading, annually in grades three through eight;
  and
               (3)  [writing, including spelling and grammar, in
  grades four and seven;
               [(4)  social studies, in grade eight;
               [(5)]  science, in grades five and eight[; and
               [(6)  any other subject and grade required by federal
  law].
         SECTION 27.  Section 39.023(a), Education Code, as effective
  September 1, 2021, is amended to read as follows:
         (a)  The agency shall adopt nationally recognized [or
  develop appropriate criterion-referenced] assessment instruments
  designed to assess essential knowledge and skills in reading,
  mathematics, [social studies,] and science. Except as provided by
  Subsection (a-2), all students, other than students assessed under
  Subsection (b) or (l) or exempted under Section 39.027, shall be
  assessed in:
               (1)  mathematics, annually in grades three through
  eight;
               (2)  reading, annually in grades three through eight;
  and
               (3)  [social studies, in grade eight;
               [(4)]  science, in grades five and eight[; and
               [(5)  any other subject and grade required by federal
  law].
         SECTION 28.  Section 39.023, Education Code, is amended by
  amending Subsections (a-2), (a-3), (a-11), (a-12), (a-13), (c),
  (c-1), (c-4), (c-5), (d), (e), (f), (g), (h), (i), and (p) and
  adding Subsection (h-1) to read as follows:
         (a-2)  Except as required by federal law, a student is not
  required to be assessed in a subject otherwise assessed at the
  student's grade level under Subsection (a) if the student[:
               [(1)]  is enrolled in a course in the subject intended
  for students above the student's grade level and will be
  administered an assessment instrument adopted [or developed] under
  Subsection (a) that aligns with the curriculum for the course in
  which the student is enrolled[; or
               [(2)  is enrolled in a course in the subject for which
  the student will receive high school academic credit and will be
  administered an end-of-course assessment instrument adopted under
  Subsection (c) for the course].
         (a-3)  The agency may not adopt [or develop] a
  criterion-referenced assessment instrument under this section
  based on common core state standards as defined by Section
  28.002(b-1).  This subsection does not prohibit the use of college
  advanced placement tests or international baccalaureate
  examinations as those terms are defined by Section 28.051.
         (a-11)  Before an assessment instrument adopted [or
  developed] under Subsection (a) may be administered under that
  subsection, the assessment instrument must, on the basis of
  empirical evidence, be determined to be valid and reliable by an
  entity that is independent of the agency and of any other entity
  that developed the assessment instrument.
         (a-12)  An assessment instrument adopted [or developed]
  under Subsection (a) may not have more than three parts.  A part of
  an assessment instrument must be designed so that:
               (1)  if administered to students in grades three and
  four, 85 percent of students will be able to complete that part
  within 60 minutes; and
               (2)  if administered to students in grades five through
  eight, 85 percent of students will be able to complete that part
  within 75 minutes.
         (a-13)  The amount of time allowed for administration of an
  assessment instrument adopted [or developed] under Subsection (a)
  may not exceed eight hours, and the administration may occur in
  multiple parts over more than one day.
         (c)  The agency shall also adopt a nationally recognized
  multiple subject assessment instrument to be administered to
  students in grade 11 to assess essential knowledge and skills in
  mathematics, English language arts, and science [end-of-course
  assessment instruments for secondary-level courses in Algebra I,
  biology, English I, English II, and United States history.  The
  Algebra I end-of-course assessment instrument must be administered
  with the aid of technology, but may include one or more parts that
  prohibit the use of technology.  The English I and English II
  end-of-course assessment instruments must each assess essential
  knowledge and skills in both reading and writing and must provide a
  single score.  A school district shall comply with State Board of
  Education rules regarding administration of the assessment
  instruments listed in this subsection].  If a student is in a
  special education program under Subchapter A, Chapter 29, the
  student's admission, review, and dismissal committee shall
  determine whether any allowable modification is necessary in
  administering to the student the [an] assessment instrument
  required under this subsection.  [The State Board of Education
  shall administer the assessment instruments.  An end-of-course
  assessment instrument may be administered in multiple parts over
  more than one day.  The State Board of Education shall adopt a
  schedule for the administration of end-of-course assessment
  instruments that complies with the requirements of Subsection
  (c-3).]
         (c-1)  The agency shall ensure that each [develop any]
  assessment instrument adopted [required] under this section [in a
  manner that] allows for the measurement of annual improvement in
  student achievement as required by Sections 39.034(c) and (d).
         (c-4)  To the extent practicable and subject to Section
  39.024, the agency shall ensure that each [end-of-course]
  assessment instrument adopted under Subsection (c) is:
               (1)  capable of measuring [developed in a manner that
  measures] a student's performance under the college readiness
  standards established under Section 28.008; and
               (2)  validated by national postsecondary education
  experts for college readiness content and performance standards.
         (c-5)  A student's performance on an [end-of-course]
  assessment instrument required under Subsection (c) must be
  included in the student's academic achievement record.
         (d)  The commissioner may participate in multistate efforts
  to develop voluntary standardized secondary-level [end-of-course]
  assessment instruments.  [The commissioner by rule may require a
  school district to administer an end-of-course assessment
  instrument developed through the multistate efforts.]  The
  admission, review, and dismissal committee of a student in a
  special education program under Subchapter A, Chapter 29, shall
  determine whether any allowable modification is necessary in
  administering to the student an [end-of-course] assessment
  instrument.
         (e)  Under rules adopted by the State Board of Education,
  every third year, the agency shall release the questions and answer
  keys to each assessment instrument administered under Subsection
  [(a),] (b), [(c),] (d), or (l), excluding any assessment instrument
  administered to a student for the purpose of retaking the
  assessment instrument, after the last time the instrument is
  administered for that school year. To ensure a valid bank of
  questions for use each year, the agency is not required to release a
  question that is being field-tested and was not used to compute the
  student's score on the instrument. The agency shall also release,
  under board rule, each question that is no longer being
  field-tested and that was not used to compute a student's score.
  [During the 2014-2015 and 2015-2016 school years, the agency shall
  release the questions and answer keys to assessment instruments as
  described by this subsection each year.]
         (f)  An [The] assessment instrument may not be adopted under
  this section unless the assessment instrument is [instruments shall
  be] designed to include assessment of a student's problem-solving
  ability and complex-thinking skills using a method of assessing
  those abilities and skills that is demonstrated to be highly
  reliable.
         (g)  An [The State Board of Education may adopt one
  appropriate, nationally recognized, norm-referenced] assessment
  instrument adopted under Subsection (a) or (c) [in reading and
  mathematics to be administered to a selected sample of students in
  the spring. If adopted, a norm-referenced assessment instrument]
  must be a secured test. The commissioner shall contract with a
  nationally recognized vendor to administer the assessment
  instruments described by this subsection, complete the scoring of
  the assessment instruments, and distribute within a reasonable
  period the results to the agency and the relevant results to each
  school district. As soon as practicable after the district
  receives the results from the vendor under this subsection, the
  district shall:
               (1)  distribute the relevant results to each district
  campus; and
               (2)  provide written notice to the student and the
  person standing in parental relation to the student that states the
  student's results and whether the student performed satisfactorily
  on the assessment instrument or test [The state may pay the costs of
  purchasing and scoring the adopted assessment instrument and of
  distributing the results of the adopted instrument to the school
  districts. A district that administers the norm-referenced test
  adopted under this subsection shall report the results to the
  agency in a manner prescribed by the commissioner].
         (h)  Except as provided by Subsection (g), the [The] agency
  shall notify school districts and campuses of the results of
  assessment instruments administered under this section not later
  than the 21st day after the date the assessment instrument is
  administered.
         (h-1)  A [The] school district shall disclose to each
  district teacher the results of assessment instruments
  administered to students taught by the teacher in the subject for
  the school year in which the assessment instrument is administered.
         (i)  Except as provided by this subsection, the [The]
  provisions of this section[, except Subsection (d),] are subject to
  modification by rules adopted under Section 39.022. The provisions
  of Subsection (d) and the provisions requiring the agency to adopt a
  nationally recognized assessment instrument are not subject to
  modification by rules adopted under Section 39.022.  Each
  assessment instrument adopted under [those] rules adopted under
  Section 39.022 and each assessment instrument required under
  Subsections (a), (c), and [Subsection] (d) must be reliable and
  valid and must meet any applicable federal requirements for
  measurement of student progress.
         (p)  On or before September 1 of each year, the commissioner
  shall make the following information available on the agency's
  Internet website for each assessment instrument administered under
  Subsection [(a), (c), or] (l):
               (1)  the number of questions on the assessment
  instrument;
               (2)  the number of questions that must be answered
  correctly to achieve satisfactory performance as determined by the
  commissioner under Section 39.0241(a);
               (3)  the number of questions that must be answered
  correctly to achieve satisfactory performance under the college
  readiness performance standard as provided by Section 39.0241; and
               (4)  the corresponding scale scores.
         SECTION 29.  The heading to Section 39.0232, Education Code,
  is amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 39.0232.  CERTAIN USE OF SECONDARY-LEVEL 
  [END-OF-COURSE] ASSESSMENT INSTRUMENT [AS PLACEMENT INSTRUMENT;
  CERTAIN USES] PROHIBITED.
         SECTION 30.  Section 39.0232(b), Education Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (b)  A student's performance on an [end-of-course]
  assessment instrument required under Section 39.023(c) may not be
  used[:
               [(1)]  in determining the student's class ranking for
  any purpose[, including entitlement to automatic college admission
  under Section 51.803 or 51.804; or
               [(2)  as a sole criterion in the determination of
  whether to admit the student to a general academic teaching
  institution in this state].
         SECTION 31.  Section 39.0234, Education Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         Sec. 39.0234.  ELECTRONIC ADMINISTRATION OF ASSESSMENT
  INSTRUMENTS. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the [The]
  agency shall ensure that assessment instruments required under
  Section 39.023 are capable of being administered electronically.
         (b)  Subsection (a) does not apply to a nationally recognized
  assessment instrument adopted by the agency under Section 39.023(a)
  or (c).
         SECTION 32.  Section 39.024(i), Education Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (i)  The agency shall gather data and conduct research to
  substantiate any correlation between a certain level of performance
  by students on the [end-of-course] assessment instrument required
  under Section 39.023(c) [instruments] and success in:
               (1)  military service; or
               (2)  a workforce training, certification, or other
  credential program at a postsecondary educational institution that
  primarily offers associate degrees or certificates or credentials
  other than baccalaureate or advanced degrees.
         SECTION 33.  The heading to Section 39.025, Education Code,
  is amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 39.025.  USE OF SECONDARY-LEVEL ASSESSMENT INSTRUMENT 
  [SECONDARY-LEVEL PERFORMANCE REQUIRED].
         SECTION 34.  Sections 39.025(a), (b-1), and (f), Education
  Code, are amended to read as follows:
         (a)  The commissioner shall adopt rules requiring a student
  in the foundation high school program under Section 28.025 to be
  administered the [an end-of-course] assessment instrument required
  under [listed in] Section 39.023(c) [only for a course in which the
  student is enrolled and for which an end-of-course assessment
  instrument is administered]. Each student's performance on the
  assessment instrument shall be evaluated to determine whether the
  [A] student achieved [is required to achieve] a scale score that
  indicates satisfactory performance, as determined by the
  commissioner under Section 39.0241(a)[, on each end-of-course
  assessment instrument administered to the student]. The results of
  the administration of the assessment instrument may not be used as
  criteria for graduation. The results may be used only for the
  purpose of diagnosing the academic strengths and deficiencies of a
  student and guiding specific instruction to the student.  [For each
  scale score required under this subsection that is not based on a
  100-point scale scoring system, the commissioner shall provide for
  conversion, in accordance with commissioner rule, of the scale
  score to an equivalent score based on a 100-point scale scoring
  system. A student may not receive a high school diploma until the
  student has performed satisfactorily on end-of-course assessment
  instruments in the manner provided under this subsection. This
  subsection does not require a student to demonstrate readiness to
  enroll in an institution of higher education.]
         (b-1)  A school district shall provide each student who fails
  to perform satisfactorily as determined by the commissioner under
  Section 39.0241(a) on the [an end-of-course] assessment instrument
  required under Section 39.023(c) with accelerated instruction in
  the relevant subject [assessed by the assessment instrument].
         (f)  The commissioner shall [by rule] adopt rules [a
  transition plan] to implement the amendments made by _.B. __, Acts
  of the 87th Legislature, Regular Session, 2021 [Chapter 1312 (S.B.
  No. 1031), Acts of the 80th Legislature, Regular Session, 2007],
  replacing end-of-course [general subject] assessment instruments
  administered at the high school level with a nationally recognized,
  multiple subject [end-of-course] assessment instrument
  [instruments].  The rules must provide for:
               (1)  the assessment instrument [end-of-course
  assessment instruments] adopted under Section 39.023(c) to be
  administered beginning with [students enrolled in the ninth grade
  for the first time during] the 2021-2022 [2011-2012] school year;
  and
               (2)  an exemption from the requirement under
  Subdivision (1)[.  During the period under which the transition to
  end-of-course assessment instruments is made:
               [(1)] for students who, before [entering a grade above
  the ninth grade during] the 2021-2022 [2011-2012] school year, have
  been administered the Algebra I, biology, English I, and English II
  end-of-course assessment instruments [or students repeating ninth
  grade during the 2011-2012 school year, the commissioner shall
  retain, administer, and use for purposes of accreditation and other
  campus and district accountability measures under this chapter the
  assessment instruments required by Section 39.023(a) or (c), as
  that section existed before amendment by Chapter 1312 (S.B.
  No. 1031), Acts of the 80th Legislature, Regular Session, 2007; and
               [(2)  a student subject to Subdivision (1) may not
  receive a high school diploma unless the student has performed
  satisfactorily on the SAT, the ACT, the Texas Success Initiative
  (TSI) diagnostic assessment, or the current assessment instrument
  or instruments administered for graduation purposes as provided by
  Subsection (f-1) or on each required assessment instrument
  administered] under Section 39.023(c), as that section existed on
  January 1, 2021 [before amendment by Chapter 1312 (S.B. No. 1031),
  Acts of the 80th Legislature, Regular Session, 2007].
         SECTION 35.  Section 39.034(d), Education Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (d)  The agency shall determine the necessary annual
  improvement required each year for a student to be prepared to
  perform satisfactorily on, as applicable:
               (1)  the grade five assessment instruments;
               (2)  the grade eight assessment instruments; and
               (3)  the [end-of-course] assessment instrument 
  [instruments] required under Section 39.023(c) [this subchapter
  for graduation].
         SECTION 36.  Section 39.035(a), Education Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (a)  Subject to Subsection (b), the agency may conduct field
  testing of questions for any assessment instrument administered
  under Section 39.023(b) [39.023(a), (b), (c)], (d), or (l) that is
  separate from the administration of the assessment instrument not
  more frequently than every other school year.
         SECTION 37.  Section 39.053(c), Education Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (c)  School districts and campuses must be evaluated based on
  three domains of indicators of achievement adopted under this
  section that include:
               (1)  in the student achievement domain, indicators of
  student achievement that must include:
                     (A)  for evaluating the performance of districts
  and campuses generally, [:
                           [(i)]  an indicator determined by the
  commissioner that may not include [that accounts for] the results
  of assessment instruments required under Section 39.023 [Sections
  39.023(a), (c), and (l), as applicable for the district and campus,
  including the results of assessment instruments required for
  graduation retaken by a student, aggregated across grade levels by
  subject area, including:
                                 [(a)  for the performance standard
  determined by the commissioner under Section 39.0241(a), the
  percentage of students who performed satisfactorily on the
  assessment instruments, aggregated across grade levels by subject
  area; and
                                 [(b)  for the college readiness
  performance standard as determined under Section 39.0241, the
  percentage of students who performed satisfactorily on the
  assessment instruments, aggregated across grade levels by subject
  area; and
                           [(ii)  an indicator that accounts for the
  results of assessment instruments required under Section
  39.023(b), as applicable for the district and campus, including the
  percentage of students who performed satisfactorily on the
  assessment instruments, as determined by the performance standard
  adopted by the agency, aggregated across grade levels by subject
  area]; and
                     (B)  for evaluating the performance of high school
  campuses and districts that include high school campuses,
  indicators that account for:
                           (i)  students who satisfy the Texas Success
  Initiative (TSI) college readiness benchmarks prescribed by the
  Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board under Section 51.334 on
  an assessment instrument in reading or mathematics designated by
  the coordinating board under that section;
                           (ii)  students who satisfy relevant
  performance standards on advanced placement tests or similar
  assessments;
                           (iii)  students who earn dual course credits
  in the dual credit courses;
                           (iv)  students who enlist in the armed
  forces of the United States;
                           (v)  students who earn industry
  certifications;
                           (vi)  students admitted into postsecondary
  industry certification programs that require as a prerequisite for
  entrance successful performance at the secondary level;
                           (vii)  students whose successful completion
  of a course or courses under Section 28.014 indicates the student's
  preparation to enroll and succeed, without remediation, in an
  entry-level general education course for a baccalaureate degree or
  associate degree;
                           (viii)  students who successfully met
  standards on a composite of indicators that through research
  indicates the student's preparation to enroll and succeed, without
  remediation, in an entry-level general education course for a
  baccalaureate degree or associate degree;
                           (ix)  high school graduation rates, computed
  in accordance with standards and definitions adopted in compliance
  with the Every Student Succeeds Act (20 U.S.C. Section 6301 et seq.)
  subject to the exclusions provided by Subsections (g), (g-1),
  (g-2), [and] (g-3), and (g-4);
                           (x)  students who successfully completed an
  OnRamps dual enrollment course;
                           (xi)  students who successfully completed a
  practicum or internship approved by the State Board of Education;
  and
                           (xii)  students who are awarded an associate
  degree;
               (2)  in the school progress domain, indicators for
  effectiveness in promoting student learning, which must include[:
                     [(A)  for assessment instruments, including
  assessment instruments under Subdivisions (1)(A)(i) and (ii), the
  percentage of students who met the standard for improvement, as
  determined by the commissioner; and
                     [(B)  for evaluating relative performance,] the
  performance of districts and campuses compared to similar districts
  or campuses; and
               (3)  in the closing the gaps domain, the use of
  disaggregated data to demonstrate the differentials among students
  from different racial and ethnic groups, socioeconomic
  backgrounds, and other factors, including:
                     (A)  students formerly receiving special
  education services;
                     (B)  students continuously enrolled; and
                     (C)  students who are mobile.
         SECTION 38.  Section 39.054(b-1), Education Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (b-1)  Consideration of the effectiveness of district
  programs under Section 39.052(b)(2)(B) or (C):
               (1)  must[:
                     [(A)]  be based on data collected through the
  Public Education Information Management System (PEIMS) for
  purposes of accountability under this chapter; and
                     [(B)  include the results of assessments required
  under Section 39.023; and]
               (2)  may be based on the results of a special
  accreditation investigation conducted under Section 39.057.
         SECTION 39.  Section 39.055, Education Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         Sec. 39.055.  STUDENT ORDERED BY A JUVENILE COURT OR STUDENT
  IN RESIDENTIAL FACILITY NOT CONSIDERED FOR ACCOUNTABILITY
  PURPOSES. Notwithstanding any other provision of this code except
  to the extent otherwise provided under Section 39.053(g-3), for
  purposes of determining the performance of a school district,
  campus, or open-enrollment charter school under this chapter, a
  student ordered by a juvenile court into a residential program or
  facility operated by or under contract with the Texas Juvenile
  Justice Department, a juvenile board, or any other governmental
  entity or any student who is receiving treatment in a residential
  facility is not considered to be a student of the school district in
  which the program or facility is physically located or of an
  open-enrollment charter school, as applicable. The performance of
  such a student on an [assessment instrument or other] achievement
  indicator adopted under Section 39.053 or reporting indicator
  adopted under Section 39.301 shall be determined, reported, and
  considered separately from the performance of students attending a
  school of the district in which the program or facility is
  physically located or an open-enrollment charter school, as
  applicable.
         SECTION 40.  Section 39.203(c), Education Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (c)  In addition to the distinction designations described
  by Subsections (a) and (b), a campus that satisfies the criteria
  developed under Section 39.204 shall be awarded a distinction
  designation by the commissioner for outstanding performance in
  academic achievement in English language arts, mathematics, or
  science[, or social studies].
         SECTION 41.  Sections 39.301(c) and (d), Education Code, are
  amended to read as follows:
         (c)  Indicators for reporting purposes must include:
               (1)  the percentage of graduating students who meet the
  course requirements established by State Board of Education rule
  for:
                     (A)  the foundation high school program;
                     (B)  the distinguished level of achievement under
  the foundation high school program; and
                     (C)  each endorsement described by Section
  28.025(c-1);
               (2)  the results of the SAT, ACT, and certified
  workforce training programs described by Chapter 311, Labor Code;
               (3)  the percentage of students, aggregated by grade
  level and subject area, who satisfy each performance standard under
  Section 39.0241 on assessment instruments required under:
                     (A)  Section 39.023(a); and
                     (B)  Section 39.023(c);
               (4)  for students who have failed to perform
  satisfactorily, under each performance standard under Section
  39.0241, on an assessment instrument required under Section
  39.023(a) or (c), the performance of those students on subsequent
  assessment instruments required under those sections, aggregated
  by grade level and subject area;
               (5) [(4)]  for each campus, the number of students,
  disaggregated by major student subpopulations, that take courses
  under the foundation high school program and take additional
  courses to earn an endorsement under Section 28.025(c-1),
  disaggregated by type of endorsement;
               (6) [(5)]  the percentage of students, aggregated by
  grade level, provided accelerated instruction under Section
  28.0211 [28.0211(c), the results of assessment instruments
  administered under that section, the percentage of students
  promoted through the grade placement committee process under
  Section 28.0211], the subject of the assessment instrument on which
  each student failed to perform satisfactorily under each
  performance standard under Section 39.0241, and the performance of
  those students in the following school year [following that
  promotion] on the assessment instruments required under Section
  39.023;
               (7) [(6)]  the percentage of students of limited
  English proficiency exempted from the administration of an
  assessment instrument under Sections 39.027(a)(1) and (2);
               (8) [(7)]  the percentage of students in a special
  education program under Subchapter A, Chapter 29, assessed through
  assessment instruments developed or adopted under Section
  39.023(b);
               [(8)  the percentage of students who satisfy the
  college readiness measure;]
               (9)  the measure of progress toward dual language
  proficiency under Section 39.034(b), for students of limited
  English proficiency, as defined by Section 29.052;
               (10)  the percentage of students who are not
  educationally disadvantaged;
               (11)  the percentage of students who enroll and begin
  instruction at an institution of higher education in the school
  year following high school graduation; and
               (12)  the percentage of students who successfully
  complete the first year of instruction at an institution of higher
  education without needing a developmental education course.
         (d)  Performance on the indicators described by Section
  39.053(c) and Subsections (c)(3), (4), (5), and (9) must be based on
  longitudinal student data that is disaggregated by the bilingual
  education or special language program, if any, in which students of
  limited English proficiency, as defined by Section 29.052, are or
  former students of limited English proficiency were enrolled. If a
  student described by this subsection is not or was not enrolled in
  specialized language instruction, the number and percentage of
  those students shall be provided.
         SECTION 42.  Section 39.305(b), Education Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (b)  The report card shall include the following
  information:
               (1)  where applicable, the achievement indicators
  described by Section 39.053(c) and the reporting indicators
  described by Sections 39.301(c)(1) through (6) [(5)];
               (2)  average class size by grade level and subject;
               (3)  the administrative and instructional costs per
  student, computed in a manner consistent with Section 44.0071; and
               (4)  the district's instructional expenditures ratio
  and instructional employees ratio computed under Section 44.0071,
  and the statewide average of those ratios, as determined by the
  commissioner.
         SECTION 43.  Section 39.332(b)(20), Education Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
               (20)  The report must contain a comparison of the
  performance of open-enrollment charter schools and school
  districts on the achievement indicators described by Section
  39.053(c) and [,] the reporting indicators described by Section
  39.301(c), [and the accountability measures adopted under Section
  39.053(i),] with a separately aggregated comparison of the
  performance of open-enrollment charter schools predominantly
  serving students at risk of dropping out of school, as described by
  Section 29.081(d), with the performance of school districts.
         SECTION 44.  Section 51.338(c), Education Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (c)  A student who has achieved scores set by the board on the
  questions developed for end-of-course assessment instruments under
  Section 39.0233(a), as that section existed before repeal by
  __.B. ____, Acts of the 87th Legislature, Regular Session, 2021, is
  exempt from the requirements of this subchapter.  The exemption is
  effective for the three-year period following the date a student
  takes the last assessment instrument for purposes of this
  subchapter and achieves the standard set by the board.  This
  subsection does not apply during any period for which the board
  designates the questions developed for end-of-course assessment
  instruments under Section 39.0233(a), as that section existed
  before repeal by _.B. ____, Acts of the 87th Legislature, Regular
  Session, 2021, as the primary assessment instrument under this
  subchapter, except that the three-year period described by this
  subsection remains in effect for students who qualify for an
  exemption under this subsection before that period.
         SECTION 45.  Effective September 1, 2021, the following
  provisions of the Education Code are repealed:
               (1)  Section 12.104(b-2);
               (2)  Section 19.0043(c);
               (3)  Section 21.4551(c);
               (4)  Sections 28.0211(a), (a-2), (b), (e), (f), (i-1),
  (i-2), (n), (o), and (p);
               (5)  Sections 28.025(c-6) and (d);
               (6)  Section 28.0255(h);
               (7)  Section 28.0258;
               (8)  Section 28.0259;
               (9)  Section 29.259(c);
               (10)  Section 30.104(c);
               (11)  Sections 39.023(a-1), (c-2), (c-6), and (c-8);
               (12)  Section 39.023(c-7), as added by Chapter 1282
  (H.B. 1244), Acts of the 86th Legislature, Regular Session, 2019;
               (13)  Section 39.0231;
               (14)  Sections 39.0232(a), (c), and (d);
               (15)  Section 39.0233;
               (16)  Sections 39.025(a-1), (a-2), (a-3), (a-4),
  (a-5), (b), (c), (c-1), (c-2), (d), (e), (e-1), (f-1), (f-2), and
  (g);
               (17)  Sections 39.053(c-2), (c-3), (d), and (d-1); and
               (18)  Section 39.203(d).
         SECTION 46.  Before the first administration of the
  assessment instruments adopted under Sections 39.023(a) and (c),
  Education Code, as amended by this Act, the Texas Education Agency
  shall develop evidence, through a peer review process, to
  demonstrate that the assessment instruments are aligned with the
  essential knowledge and skills for each subject assessed.
         SECTION 47.  (a) As soon as practicable, each school
  district that provided notice to an eighth grade student during the
  2020-2021 school year under Section 39.025(g), Education Code, as
  that section existed before the repeal by this Act, shall send an
  updated notice to that student informing the student of the
  specific requirements applicable to the student under Sections
  39.023(c) and 39.025(a), Education Code, as amended by this Act.
         (b)  As soon as practicable, the commissioner of education
  shall determine the level of performance considered to be
  satisfactory as required under Section 39.0241(a), Education Code,
  on the assessment instrument required under Section 39.023(c),
  Education Code, as amended by this Act.
         SECTION 48.  The Texas Education Agency shall, to the
  greatest extent practicable, apply cost savings that result from
  implementing the changes made by this Act to support any program
  eligible under Title I, Elementary and Secondary Education Act of
  1965 (20 U.S.C. Section 6301 et seq.).
         SECTION 49.  This Act applies beginning with the 2021-2022
  school year.
         SECTION 50.  This Act takes effect immediately if it
  receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each
  house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  
  If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate
  effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2021.