Bill Text: TX HB203 | 2023 | 88th Legislature 3rd Special Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to public school selection of an alternative assessment instrument in place of state-administered assessment instruments.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-10-31 - Filed [HB203 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB203-Introduced.html
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| By: Thompson of Brazoria | H.B. No. 203 | |
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| relating to public school selection of an alternative assessment | ||
| instrument in place of state-administered assessment instruments. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 39.026, Education Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 39.026. LOCAL OPTION. (a) Notwithstanding any other | ||
| provision of this title, a school district, in place of any [ |
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| 39.023 adopted by the agency and administered by the State Board of | ||
| Education, [ |
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| selected by the district[ |
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| (b) The commissioner shall adopt rules as necessary for the | ||
| administration of Subsection (a), including rules for using for | ||
| purposes of this code assessment instruments adopted under that | ||
| subsection in place of the assessment instruments otherwise | ||
| required under this subchapter. | ||
| (c) If there is a conflict between Subsection (a) and | ||
| federal law or regulation, the agency shall seek a waiver from the | ||
| application of conflicting federal law or regulation. | ||
| (d) In addition to the assessment instruments adopted by the | ||
| agency and administered by the State Board of Education or the | ||
| assessment instruments adopted and administered by the district | ||
| under Subsection (a), a school district may adopt and administer | ||
| criterion-referenced or norm-referenced assessment instruments at | ||
| any grade level. | ||
| (e) An [ |
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| under this section must be economical, nationally recognized, and | ||
| approved by the agency [ |
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| SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2024-2025 | ||
| school year. | ||
| SECTION 3. 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 on the 91st day after the last day of the | ||
| legislative session. | ||
