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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to parental rights regarding the use of machine grading to |
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score certain portions of assessment instruments administered to |
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public school students in this state. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 39.023, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsections (q) and (r) to read as follows: |
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(q) The agency shall provide written notice to a student's |
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parent if machine grading, including artificial intelligence or |
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computer software, is used to score a constructed response provided |
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by a student as part of an assessment instrument administered under |
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this section. The notice must include information regarding the |
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parent's right to request rescoring of the constructed response as |
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provided by Subsection (r). |
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(r) On written request by a parent of a student who failed to |
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perform satisfactorily on an assessment instrument in which machine |
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grading was used to score the constructed response as described by |
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Subsection (q), that portion of the student's assessment instrument |
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must be rescored using a traditional scoring method that does not |
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include machine grading, at no cost to the parent. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2025-2026 |
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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, 2025. |