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AN ACT
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relating to the use of certain assessment instruments as secondary |
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exit-level assessment instruments to allow certain public school |
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students to receive a high school diploma. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 39.025, Education Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsection (f) and adding Subsections (f-1) and (f-2) to |
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read as follows: |
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(f) The commissioner shall by rule adopt a transition plan |
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to implement the amendments made by Chapter 1312 (S.B. No. 1031), |
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Acts of the 80th Legislature, Regular Session, 2007, replacing |
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general subject assessment instruments administered at the high |
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school level with end-of-course assessment instruments. The rules |
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must provide for the end-of-course assessment instruments adopted |
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under Section 39.023(c) to be administered beginning with students |
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enrolled in [entering] the ninth grade for the first time during the |
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2011-2012 school year. During the period under which the |
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transition to end-of-course assessment instruments is made: |
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(1) for students entering a grade above the ninth |
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grade during the 2011-2012 school year or students repeating ninth |
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grade during the 2011-2012 school year, the commissioner shall |
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retain, administer, and use for purposes of accreditation and other |
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campus and district accountability measures under this chapter the |
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assessment instruments required by Section 39.023(a) or (c), as |
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that section existed before amendment by Chapter 1312 (S.B. |
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No. 1031), Acts of the 80th Legislature, Regular Session, 2007; and |
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(2) a student subject to Subdivision (1) may not |
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receive a high school diploma unless the student has performed |
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satisfactorily on the SAT, the ACT, the Texas Success Initiative |
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(TSI) diagnostic assessment, or the current assessment instrument |
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or instruments administered for graduation purposes as provided by |
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Subsection (f-1) or on each required assessment instrument |
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administered under Section 39.023(c), as that section existed |
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before amendment by Chapter 1312 (S.B. No. 1031), Acts of the 80th |
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Legislature, Regular Session, 2007. |
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(f-1) The commissioner shall establish satisfactory |
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performance levels for the SAT, the ACT, the Texas Success |
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Initiative (TSI) diagnostic assessment, and the current assessment |
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instrument or instruments administered for graduation purposes |
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that are equivalent in rigor to the performance level required to be |
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met under Subsection (a), as that subsection existed before |
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amendment by Chapter 1312 (S.B. No. 1031), Acts of the 80th |
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Legislature, Regular Session, 2007, that qualify a student subject |
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to Subsection (f)(1) to receive a high school diploma. |
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Notwithstanding Subsection (f), the commissioner is not required |
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after September 1, 2017, to maintain and administer assessment |
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instruments administered under Section 39.023(c), as that section |
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existed before amendment by Chapter 1312 (S.B. No. 1031), Acts of |
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the 80th Legislature, Regular Session, 2007. |
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(f-2) A school district shall determine which assessment or |
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assessments described by Subsection (f-1) qualify a student subject |
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to Subsection (f)(1) to receive a high school diploma from the |
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district. |
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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, 2017. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1005 passed the Senate on |
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May 4, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that the |
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Senate concurred in House amendments on May 25, 2017, by the |
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following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1005 passed the House, with |
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amendments, on May 23, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 145, |
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Nays 0, two present not voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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Approved: |
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Governor |