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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the administration of certain required assessment |
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instruments and prohibiting the use of the results of certain |
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required assessments of public school students for certain |
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purposes. |
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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 39.02342 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 39.02342. ALTERNATIVE ADMINISTRATION OF ASSESSMENT |
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INSTRUMENTS BY STUDENT REQUEST. A school district may administer |
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an assessment instrument required under Section 39.023(a), (c), or |
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(l) in paper format to any student whose parent or guardian requests |
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the assessment instrument in paper format, not to exceed a total of |
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three percent of the students enrolled in a district. An assessment |
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instrument administered under this section shall not be included in |
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a school district evaluation under Section 39.053(c). |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2023-2024 |
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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, 2023. |