Bill Text: TX HB2195 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the administration of college preparation assessment instruments to public school students at state cost.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-13 - Referred to Public Education [HB2195 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB2195-Introduced.html
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By: Anderson of Dallas | H.B. No. 2195 |
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relating to the administration of college preparation assessment | ||
instruments to public school students at state cost. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 39.0261, Education Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsections (a) and (b) and adding Subsection (a-1) to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(a) In addition to the assessment instruments otherwise | ||
authorized or required by this subchapter: | ||
(1) each school year and at state cost, a school | ||
district may [ |
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eighth grade an established, valid, reliable, and nationally | ||
norm-referenced preliminary college preparation assessment | ||
instrument for the purpose of diagnosing the academic strengths and | ||
deficiencies of students before entrance into high school; | ||
(2) each school year and at state cost, a school | ||
district may [ |
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established, valid, reliable, and nationally norm-referenced | ||
preliminary college preparation assessment instrument for the | ||
purpose of measuring a student's progress toward readiness for | ||
college and the workplace; and | ||
(3) high school students in the spring of the 11th | ||
grade or during the 12th grade may select and take once, at state | ||
cost, one of the valid, reliable, and nationally norm-referenced | ||
assessment instruments used by colleges and universities as part of | ||
their undergraduate admissions processes. | ||
(a-1) Testing under Subsection (a) must meet standards | ||
adopted by commissioner rule, including standards concerning: | ||
(1) test administration, scheduling, and | ||
accommodations; | ||
(2) data collection; and | ||
(3) reporting. | ||
(b) The agency shall: | ||
(1) select and approve vendors of the specific | ||
assessment instruments administered under this section; and | ||
(2) pay all fees associated with the administration of | ||
the assessment instrument from funds appropriated to the agency for | ||
that purpose [ |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2015-2016 | ||
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 September 1, 2015. |