Bill Text: TX HB1192 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the administration of public school assessment instruments and the temporary suspension of certain accountability determinations for a school district or campus in a school year in which the operations of the district or campus are disrupted as a result of a declared disaster and the requirement to use those assessment instruments as a criterion for promotion or graduation of a public school student.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-04 - Referred to Public Education [HB1192 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB1192-Introduced.html
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By: Hinojosa | H.B. No. 1192 |
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relating to the administration of public school assessment | ||
instruments and the temporary suspension of certain accountability | ||
determinations for a school district or campus in a school year in | ||
which the operations of the district or campus are disrupted as a | ||
result of a declared disaster and the requirement to use those | ||
assessment instruments as a criterion for promotion or graduation | ||
of a public school student. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 39, Education Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 39.0239 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 39.0239. ADMINISTRATION OF ASSESSMENT INSTRUMENTS AND | ||
TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF CERTAIN ACCOUNTABILITY MEASURES DURING | ||
DISASTER. (a) If a school district is located wholly or partly in | ||
the area of a disaster declared by the president of the United | ||
States under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency | ||
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. Section 5121 et seq.) or by the governor | ||
under Chapter 418, Government Code, during a school year in which | ||
district operations, including in-person attendance, are | ||
disrupted, the commissioner shall apply to the United States | ||
Department of Education for a waiver of the requirement under the | ||
Every Student Succeeds Act (20 U.S.C. Section 6301 et seq.) to | ||
administer assessment instruments during that school year for the | ||
affected district. | ||
(b) If the United States Department of Education fails to | ||
grant a waiver requested under Subsection (a), the assessment | ||
instruments shall be administered as required under Section 39.023 | ||
during the applicable school year, but, notwithstanding any other | ||
law, the commissioner may not consider the results of the | ||
assessment instruments for purposes of: | ||
(1) evaluating school district or campus performance | ||
under this chapter for the affected district for the applicable | ||
school year, including in determining: | ||
(A) the performance rating to assign to the | ||
district or the district's campuses under Section 39.054; or | ||
(B) whether to impose any intervention or | ||
sanction authorized by Chapter 39A after the applicable school year | ||
on the district or the district's campuses; or | ||
(2) determining a student's qualification for | ||
promotion or graduation. | ||
SECTION 2. 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, 2021. |