Bill Text: TX SB452 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to administering the Texas Success Initiative assessment instrument to certain public school students.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-02-09 - Referred to Education [SB452 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-SB452-Introduced.html
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| By: Seliger | S.B. No. 452 | |
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| relating to administering the Texas Success Initiative assessment | ||
| instrument to certain public school students. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 28, Education Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 28.0081 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 28.0081. ADMINISTRATION OF ASSESSMENT INSTRUMENT FOR | ||
| DIAGNOSTIC PURPOSES. Not later than April 1 of each school year, a | ||
| school district shall administer an assessment instrument | ||
| designated by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board under | ||
| Section 51.3062(c) to each student in the district enrolled in the | ||
| 10th grade. A student's performance on the assessment instrument | ||
| may only be used for diagnostic purposes, including a determination | ||
| as to whether a student should be enrolled in developmental | ||
| education courses. If a student is in a special education program | ||
| under Subchapter A, Chapter 29, the student's admission, review, | ||
| and dismissal committee shall determine if it is appropriate for | ||
| the student to be administered the assessment instrument required | ||
| under this section. | ||
| 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. | ||
