Bill Text: TX HB2824 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to the pilot program for assessing public school students in writing under an alternative method.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-05-09 - Placed on General State Calendar [HB2824 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB2824-Comm_Sub.html
86R16637 MP-F | |||
By: VanDeaver | H.B. No. 2824 | ||
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2824: | |||
By: King of Hemphill | C.S.H.B. No. 2824 |
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relating to the pilot program for assessing public school students | ||
in writing under an alternative method. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 39.02301, Education Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsections (b), (d), (f), (g), (h), and (j) and adding | ||
Subsections (b-1) and (b-2) to read as follows: | ||
(b) During the 2019-2020, 2020-2021, 2021-2022, [ |
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implement in designated school districts the writing assessment | ||
method developed under Subsection (a). | ||
(b-1) The commissioner shall establish a committee to | ||
assist the agency in planning, evaluating, and overseeing the pilot | ||
program under this section. The committee shall provide guidance | ||
on: | ||
(1) the program's timeline and scoring rubric; | ||
(2) professional development for teachers on the | ||
writing assessment method developed under Subsection (a); and | ||
(3) a feedback and reflection process between teachers | ||
and students to evaluate the results of writing assessments | ||
administered under the program. | ||
(b-2) The commissioner shall appoint the following members | ||
to the committee established under Subsection (b-1): | ||
(1) at least three administrators employed by a school | ||
district that participates in the program; | ||
(2) at least three educators, other than | ||
administrators, employed by a school district that participates in | ||
the program; and | ||
(3) representatives of regional education service | ||
centers, public institutions of higher education, and the agency. | ||
(d) A school district designated to participate in the pilot | ||
program under this section is not required to comply with the | ||
writing assessment requirements under Sections 39.023(a) and (c), | ||
and may not administer to students enrolled in the district the | ||
writing assessment instruments required under those provisions, | ||
during the period the district is participating in the pilot | ||
program. The agency shall, to the greatest extent practicable, | ||
apply cost savings that result from the exemption under this | ||
subsection to offset the costs accrued under this section. | ||
(f) The individuals responsible for scoring student writing | ||
assessments under the pilot program shall be coordinated [ |
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by the agency with joint participation of: | ||
(1) the school district in which the student is | ||
enrolled and that is participating in the pilot program; | ||
(2) a public junior college or institution of higher | ||
education that enters into an agreement with the participating | ||
school district; and | ||
(3) the regional education service center that serves | ||
the participating district. | ||
(g) The agency shall develop methods to determine the | ||
validity of the scoring process [ |
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the governor, the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of | ||
representatives, and the presiding officer of each legislative | ||
standing committee with primary jurisdiction over primary and | ||
secondary education a report that: | ||
(1) evaluates the implementation and progress of the | ||
pilot program under this section; and | ||
(2) makes recommendations regarding the continuation | ||
or expansion of the pilot program. | ||
(j) This section expires September 1, 2023 [ |
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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, 2019. |