Bill Text: TX HB2130 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to a study conducted by the Texas Education Agency regarding the statewide assessment program in relation to students in special education programs.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-3)
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-12 - Effective immediately [HB2130 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB2130-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to a study conducted by the Texas Education Agency regarding the statewide assessment program in relation to students in special education programs.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-3)
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-12 - Effective immediately [HB2130 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB2130-Introduced.html
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By: Roberts | H.B. No. 2130 |
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relating to a study conducted by the Texas Education Agency | ||
regarding the impact of the statewide assessment program on | ||
students in special education programs. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 39, Education Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 39.02302 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 39.02302. STUDY OF IMPACT OF STATEWIDE ASSESSMENT | ||
PROGRAM ON STUDENTS IN SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS. (a) The agency | ||
shall conduct a study of the impact of the statewide assessment | ||
program on students in a special education program under Subchapter | ||
A, Chapter 29. | ||
(b) In conducting the study, the agency shall address: | ||
(1) whether the agency has determined that the | ||
administration of alternate assessment instruments to students in a | ||
special education program under Subchapter A, Chapter 29, as | ||
provided by Section 39.023(b) complies with the Every Student | ||
Succeeds Act (20 U.S.C. Section 6301 et seq.); and | ||
(2) whether administering state-required assessment | ||
instruments, other than assessment instruments developed or | ||
adopted under Section 39.023(b), to students in a special education | ||
program under Subchapter A, Chapter 29, will: | ||
(A) provide an accurate assessment of the | ||
academic achievement of the students; | ||
(B) result in the administration of assessment | ||
instruments that are inappropriate for the educational capacity of | ||
the students; and | ||
(C) result in an increase of grade-level | ||
regression for the students. | ||
(c) In conducting the study the agency shall identify | ||
specific recommendations to improve the impact of the statewide | ||
assessment program on students in a special education program under | ||
Subchapter A, Chapter 29, including recommendations for areas for | ||
improvement in: | ||
(1) any reforms or changes with respect to contracting | ||
with assessment instrument vendors; | ||
(2) any changes to rules adopted by the State Board of | ||
Education or the commissioner relating to the development, | ||
adoption, or administration of assessment instruments; and | ||
(3) any statutory changes to this code relating to the | ||
development, adoption, or administration of assessment | ||
instruments. | ||
(d) Not later than October 1, 2018, the agency shall submit | ||
a report to each member of the legislature containing the agency's | ||
determinations and recommendations under this section. | ||
(e) This section expires January 1, 2019. | ||
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, 2017. |