Bill Text: TX HB1991 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: Relating to the authorization of alternative assessment instruments for use under the public school accountability system in evaluating secondary-level student achievement in mathematics, reading, and writing.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-16 - Withdrawn from schedule [HB1991 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-HB1991-Introduced.html
  86R6140 GCB-D
 
  By: Leman H.B. No. 1991
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the authorization of alternative assessment
  instruments for use under the public school accountability system
  in evaluating secondary-level student achievement in mathematics,
  reading, and writing.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 39, Education Code, is
  amended by adding Section 39.040 to read as follows:
         Sec. 39.040.  ALTERNATIVE ASSESSMENT INSTRUMENTS. (a) The
  commissioner by rule shall adopt procedures to identify nationally
  recognized assessment instruments, including the SAT and the ACT,
  as additional alternative assessment instruments that may be used
  to evaluate secondary-level student achievement in mathematics,
  reading, and writing for purposes of complying with accountability
  requirements under this chapter.
         (b)  The procedures adopted to identify all additional
  alternative assessment instruments under Subsection (a) must be
  consistent with the federal procedures required by the Every
  Student Succeeds Act (20 U.S.C. Section 6311) for state approval of
  nationally recognized high school academic assessment instruments
  that are available for local selection, including requiring each
  additional alternative assessment instrument identified to be
  aligned with the essential knowledge and skills for the appropriate
  grade level in the subject assessed.
         (c)  A school district may select only one additional
  alternative assessment instrument identified as provided under
  Subsection (a) for evaluating secondary-level student achievement
  as provided by that subsection.  A school district that selects an
  additional alternative assessment instrument shall administer the
  assessment instrument to students in grade 11.
         (d)  The commissioner by rule shall designate performance
  standards for each assessment instrument identified under
  Subsection (a) in the same manner as the commissioner designates
  performance standards for student performance on each
  end-of-course assessment instrument listed in Section 39.023(c).
         (e)  The commissioner by rule shall provide all necessary
  procedures relating to providing accommodations in administering
  an additional assessment instrument identified as provided under
  Subsection (a) for a student for whom an individualized education
  plan under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20
  U.S.C. Section 1400 et seq.) or a plan under Section 504,
  Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. Section 794), has been
  created.
         SECTION 2.  Section 39.053, Education Code, is amended by
  adding Subsection (c-5) to read as follows:
         (c-5)  The commissioner by rule shall determine a method for
  appropriately including under Subsection (c)(1) the results of
  alternative assessment instruments administered as authorized
  under Section 39.040, based on student performance as determined
  under the performance standards designated for the appropriate
  assessment instrument under Subsection (d) of that section.
         SECTION 3.  As soon as practicable after the effective date
  of this Act, the commissioner of education shall adopt rules
  regarding the authorization of alternative assessment instruments
  for use under the public school accountability system as provided
  by this Act.
         SECTION 4.  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, 2019.
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