Bill Text: TX HB2836 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Comm Sub
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Bill Title: Relating to the essential knowledge and skills of the required public school curriculum and to certain state-adopted or state-developed assessment instruments for public school students.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 9-2)
Status: (Vetoed) 2013-06-14 - Vetoed by the Governor [HB2836 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB2836-Comm_Sub.html
Bill Title: Relating to the essential knowledge and skills of the required public school curriculum and to certain state-adopted or state-developed assessment instruments for public school students.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 9-2)
Status: (Vetoed) 2013-06-14 - Vetoed by the Governor [HB2836 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB2836-Comm_Sub.html
By: Ratliff, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Patrick) | H.B. No. 2836 | |
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 1, 2013; | ||
May 9, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on | ||
Education; May 20, 2013, reported adversely, with favorable | ||
Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0; | ||
May 20, 2013, sent to printer.) | ||
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 2836 | By: Patrick |
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relating to the administration of certain state assessment | ||
instruments to public school students and to a study of the | ||
essential knowledge and skills of the required public school | ||
curriculum and of certain state assessment instruments. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 39.023, Education Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subsections (a-3), (a-4), and (a-5) to read as follows: | ||
(a-3) Before an assessment instrument adopted or developed | ||
under Subsection (a) may be administered under that subsection, the | ||
assessment instrument must, on the basis of empirical evidence, be | ||
determined to be valid and reliable by an entity that is independent | ||
of the agency and of any other entity that developed the assessment | ||
instrument. | ||
(a-4) An assessment instrument adopted or developed under | ||
Subsection (a) must be designed so that a majority of students will | ||
be able to complete the assessment instrument within 180 minutes. | ||
(a-5) The amount of time allowed for administration of an | ||
assessment instrument adopted or developed under Subsection (a) may | ||
not exceed eight hours, and the administration may occur on only one | ||
day. | ||
SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 39, Education Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 39.0236 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 39.0236. STUDY OF ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS AND | ||
ASSESSMENT INSTRUMENTS. (a) An advisory committee shall be | ||
established to conduct a study regarding the essential knowledge | ||
and skills of the required curriculum and assessment instruments | ||
administered under Section 39.023 to students in grades three | ||
through eight. The committee must be composed of: | ||
(1) four members of the senate education committee | ||
appointed by the lieutenant governor and four members of the house | ||
public education committee appointed by the speaker of the house of | ||
representatives; | ||
(2) two members of the public appointed by the | ||
lieutenant governor; | ||
(3) two members of the public appointed by the speaker | ||
of the house of representatives; and | ||
(4) two members of the State Board of Education | ||
appointed by the chair of the board. | ||
(b) The study must evaluate: | ||
(1) the number and scope of the essential knowledge | ||
and skills of each subject area of the required curriculum under | ||
Section 28.002 and whether the number or scope should be limited; | ||
(2) the number and subjects of assessment instruments | ||
under Section 39.023 that should be administered to students in | ||
grades three through eight; and | ||
(3) whether assessment instruments described by | ||
Subdivision (2) should assess only essential knowledge and skills | ||
or should also assess supporting standards. | ||
(c) Not later than October 1, 2014, the committee shall | ||
prepare and submit to the governor, each member of the legislature, | ||
the commissioner, and the State Board of Education a report that | ||
includes the results of the study and recommendations regarding | ||
each issue evaluated under Subsection (b). | ||
(d) This section expires June 1, 2015. | ||
SECTION 3. Subchapter B, Chapter 39, Education Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 39.0263 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 39.0263. ADMINISTRATION OF DISTRICT-REQUIRED | ||
BENCHMARK ASSESSMENT INSTRUMENTS TO PREPARE STUDENTS FOR | ||
STATE-ADMINISTERED ASSESSMENT INSTRUMENTS. (a) In this section, | ||
"benchmark assessment instrument" means a district-required | ||
assessment instrument designed to prepare students for a | ||
corresponding state-administered assessment instrument. | ||
(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), a school district | ||
may not administer to any student more than two benchmark | ||
assessment instruments to prepare the student for a corresponding | ||
state-administered assessment instrument. | ||
(c) The prohibition prescribed by this section does not | ||
apply to the administration of a college preparation assessment | ||
instrument, including the PSAT, the ACT-Plan, the SAT, or the ACT, | ||
an advanced placement test, an international baccalaureate | ||
examination, a formative assessment used by a teacher to adjust | ||
ongoing teaching and learning, or an independent classroom | ||
examination designed or adopted and administered by a classroom | ||
teacher. | ||
(d) A parent of or person standing in parental relation to a | ||
student who has special needs, as determined in accordance with | ||
commissioner rule, may request administration to the student of | ||
additional benchmark assessment instruments. | ||
SECTION 4. Section 39.0301, Education Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: | ||
(a-1) In establishing procedures for the administration of | ||
assessment instruments under Subsection (a)(1), the commissioner | ||
shall ensure that the procedures are designed to minimize | ||
disruptions to school operations and the classroom environment. In | ||
implementing the procedures established for the administration of | ||
assessment instruments under Subsection (a)(1), a school district | ||
shall minimize disruptions to school operations and the classroom | ||
environment. | ||
SECTION 5. This Act applies beginning with the 2013-2014 | ||
school year. | ||
SECTION 6. 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, 2013. | ||
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