Bill Text: TX HB588 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to restricting certain state and school district assessments of public school students in prekindergarten and kindergarten.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-02-18 - Referred to Public Education [HB588 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB588-Introduced.html
| 84R4482 KJE-D | ||
| By: Hernandez Luna | H.B. No. 588 | |
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| relating to restricting certain state and school district | ||
| assessments of public school students in prekindergarten and | ||
| kindergarten. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 39, Education Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 39.0264 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 39.0264. RESTRICTION ON ASSESSMENT OF STUDENTS IN | ||
| CERTAIN GRADE LEVELS. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), | ||
| the agency, the State Board of Education, or a school district may | ||
| not require administration of a standardized criterion-referenced | ||
| or norm-referenced assessment instrument, including an achievement | ||
| test, to students in prekindergarten or kindergarten. | ||
| (b) Subsection (a) does not apply to: | ||
| (1) a reading instrument administered under Section | ||
| 28.006; | ||
| (2) an English language proficiency test under Section | ||
| 29.056(a); or | ||
| (3) an assessment instrument administered to students | ||
| in one or more of a school's prekindergarten or kindergarten | ||
| classes to assess learning of specific instructional material, such | ||
| as a spelling test. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 39.026, Education Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 39.026. LOCAL OPTION. In addition to the assessment | ||
| instruments adopted by the agency and administered by the State | ||
| Board of Education, a school district may adopt and administer | ||
| criterion-referenced or norm-referenced assessment instruments, or | ||
| both, at any grade level beginning at the first grade level. A | ||
| norm-referenced assessment instrument adopted under this section | ||
| must be economical, nationally recognized, and state-approved. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act applies beginning with the 2015-2016 | ||
| school year. | ||
| SECTION 4. 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. | ||
