Bill Text: TX HB44 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to a moratorium on administering assessment instruments to public school students under the public school accountability system.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 11-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-04-09 - Left pending in committee [HB44 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB44-Introduced.html
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By: Flynn | H.B. No. 44 |
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relating to a moratorium on administering assessment instruments to | ||
public school students under the public school accountability | ||
system. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 39, Education Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 39.0221 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 39.0221. TEMPORARY MORATORIUM ON ADMINISTERING | ||
ASSESSMENT INSTRUMENTS. (a) The agency shall: | ||
(1) develop a plan for school districts to suspend the | ||
administration of assessment instruments under Section 39.023 for | ||
the 2013-2014 and 2014-2015 school years; | ||
(2) determine whether implementation of a plan under | ||
Subdivision (1) would result in the loss of any federal education | ||
funding under the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (20 U.S.C. | ||
Section 6301 et seq.) or other federal law; and | ||
(3) advise districts regarding any potential loss of | ||
federal education funding. | ||
(b) The superintendent of a school district may suspend | ||
district administration of assessment instruments under Section | ||
39.023 for the 2013-2014 and 2014-2015 school years if the | ||
suspension is: | ||
(1) approved by the board of trustees of the district; | ||
and | ||
(2) consistent with the plan developed by the agency | ||
under Subsection (a). | ||
(c) The superintendent of a school district may apply funds | ||
the superintendent identifies as savings from expenditures that | ||
would otherwise be required for assessment instruments or the | ||
administration of assessment instruments only to: | ||
(1) the retention of teachers or other district | ||
personnel with direct student contact and involvement; or | ||
(2) consumable resources requested by classroom | ||
teachers for classroom instruction. | ||
(d) The amount of state funding a school district receives | ||
each school year is not contingent on a superintendent's decision | ||
under this section concerning the administration of assessment | ||
instruments under Section 39.023 for the 2013-2014 and 2014-2015 | ||
school years. | ||
(e) This section expires September 1, 2015. | ||
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, 2013. |