88R3169 MEW-F
 
  By: Metcalf H.B. No. 2031
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the assessment of public school students and the
  provision of accelerated instruction to students who fail to
  achieve satisfactory performance on certain assessment
  instruments.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  The heading to Section 28.0211, Education Code,
  is amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 28.0211.  [ACCELERATED LEARNING COMMITTEE;]
  ACCELERATED INSTRUCTION[; MODIFIED TEACHER ASSIGNMENT].
         SECTION 2.  Sections 28.0211(a-1), (a-4), (g), and (i),
  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 during the subsequent summer or school year and [either:
               [(1)  allow the student to be assigned a classroom
  teacher who is certified as a master, exemplary, or recognized
  teacher under Section 21.3521 for the subsequent school year in the
  applicable subject area; or
               [(2)]  provide the student supplemental instruction
  under Subsection (a-4).
         (a-4)  If a district receives funding under Section 29.0881,
  the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations
  Act, 2021 (Div. M, Pub. L. No. 116-260), or the American Rescue Plan
  Act of 2021 (Pub. L. No. 117-2), then supplemental instruction
  provided by a school district [under Subsection (a-1)(2)] must:
               (1)  include targeted instruction in the essential
  knowledge and skills for the applicable grade levels and subject
  area;
               (2)  be provided in addition to instruction normally
  provided to students in the grade level in which the student is
  enrolled;
               (3)  be provided for no less than 30 total hours during
  the subsequent summer or school year and, unless the instruction is
  provided fully during summer, include instruction no less than once
  per week during the school year;
               (4)  be designed to assist the student in achieving
  satisfactory performance in the applicable grade level and subject
  area;
               (5)  include effective instructional materials
  designed for supplemental instruction;
               (6)  be provided to a student individually or in a group
  of no more than three students, unless the parent or guardian of
  each student in the group authorizes a larger group;
               (7)  be provided by a person with training in the
  applicable instructional materials for the supplemental
  instruction and under the oversight of the school district; and
               (8)  to the extent possible, be provided by one person
  for the entirety of the student's supplemental instruction period.
         (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-1) [(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-1) [(a)] and administered under Section 39.023(a) or
  (b) must meet to determine the manner in which the student will
  participate in an accelerated instruction program under this
  section.
         SECTION 3.  Section 39.023, Education Code, is amended by
  amending Subsections (a), (c), and (c-2) and adding Subsection (q)
  to read as follows:
         (a)  The agency shall adopt 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;
               (3)  [social studies, in grade eight;
               [(4)]  science, in grades five and eight; and
               (4) [(5)]  any other subject and grade required by
  federal law.
         (c)  The agency shall also adopt end-of-course assessment
  instruments for secondary-level courses in reading, mathematics,
  and science only as necessary to comply with the Every Student
  Succeeds Act (20 U.S.C. Section 6301 et seq.) to be administered
  only as necessary to meet the minimum requirements of that Act
  [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 adopted under [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 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-2)  The agency may adopt end-of-course assessment
  instruments for courses for which end-of-course assessment
  instruments are not adopted under [not listed in] Subsection
  (c).  A student's performance on an end-of-course assessment
  instrument adopted under this subsection is not subject to the
  performance requirements established under Subsection (c) or
  Section 39.025.
         (q)  Notwithstanding any provision of this section or other
  law, if changes made to the Every Student Succeeds Act (20 U.S.C.
  Section 6301 et seq.) reduce the number or frequency of assessment
  instruments required to be administered to students, the State
  Board of Education shall adopt rules reducing the number or
  frequency of assessment instruments administered to students under
  state law, and the commissioner shall ensure that students are not
  assessed in subject areas or in grades that are no longer required
  to meet the minimum requirements of that Act.
         SECTION 4.  Section 39.025(a-1), Education Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (a-1)  A student enrolled in a college preparatory
  mathematics or English language arts course under Section 28.014
  who satisfies the Texas Success Initiative (TSI) college readiness
  benchmarks prescribed by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating
  Board under Section 51.334 on an assessment instrument designated
  by the coordinating board under that section administered at the
  end of the college preparatory mathematics or English language arts
  course satisfies the requirements concerning and is exempt from the
  administration of the mathematics or reading [Algebra I or the
  English I and English II] end-of-course assessment instrument
  [instruments], as applicable, [as prescribed by Section
  39.023(c),] even if the student did not perform satisfactorily on a
  previous administration of the applicable end-of-course assessment
  instrument. A student who fails to perform satisfactorily on the
  assessment instrument designated by the coordinating board under
  Section 51.334 administered as provided by this subsection may
  retake that assessment instrument for purposes of this subsection
  or may take the appropriate end-of-course assessment instrument.
         SECTION 5.  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 reading [English language arts],
  mathematics, or science[, or social studies].
         SECTION 6.  The following provisions of the Education Code
  are repealed:
               (1)  Sections 28.0211(a), (a-5), (c), (f), (f-1),
  (f-2), (f-3), (f-4), (f-5), (n), and (n-1); and
               (2)  Section 39.023(c-9).
         SECTION 7.  This Act applies beginning with the 2023-2024
  school year.
         SECTION 8.  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.