88R4057 AMF-D
 
  By: Metcalf H.B. No. 1225
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the administration of certain required assessment
  instruments in paper format.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 39, Education Code, is
  amended by adding Section 39.02342 to read as follows:
         Sec. 39.02342.  PAPER ADMINISTRATION OF ASSESSMENT
  INSTRUMENTS ON REQUEST. A school district shall administer an
  assessment instrument required under Section 39.023(a), (c), or (l)
  in paper format to any student whose parent or guardian requests the
  assessment instrument be administered to the student in paper
  format.
         SECTION 2.  This Act applies beginning with the 2023-2024
  school year.
         SECTION 3.  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, 2023.