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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a study by the Texas Education Agency on the |
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administration of assessment instruments in Spanish to certain |
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public school students in grades six through eight. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 39, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 39.02303 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 39.02303. STUDY ON ADMINISTRATION OF CERTAIN |
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ASSESSMENT INSTRUMENTS IN SPANISH. (a) In this section, "emergent |
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bilingual student" has the meaning assigned by Section 29.052. |
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(b) The agency shall conduct a study regarding the |
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feasibility of administering assessment instruments adopted under |
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Section 39.023 and administered to students in grades six through |
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eight in Spanish for emergent bilingual students whose primary |
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language is Spanish. |
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(c) The study must: |
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(1) examine the extent to which not administering |
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assessment instruments adopted under Section 39.023 in Spanish to |
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emergent bilingual students in grades six through eight whose |
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primary language is Spanish limits the implementation of dual |
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language immersion/one-way and two-way program models in secondary |
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schools; |
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(2) include research regarding how to administer an |
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assessment instrument described by Subdivision (1) in a manner that |
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allows, to the extent practicable, the score an emergent bilingual |
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student receives on the assessment instrument to be statistically |
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useful for comparison, considering the limited number of emergent |
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bilingual students, to performance by students administered the |
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same instrument in English; and |
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(3) identify and develop a list of nationally |
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recognized norm-referenced assessment instruments available for |
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administration in Spanish to students enrolled in dual language |
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immersion/one-way and two-way programs. |
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(d) Not later than December 1, 2024, the agency shall |
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prepare and submit to the legislature a report on the results of the |
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study and any recommendations for legislative or other action. |
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(e) This section expires September 1, 2025. |
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SECTION 2. 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, 2023. |