Bill Text: TX SB577 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to a study by Texas A&M University--Commerce regarding the cultural appropriateness of state-administered public school assessment instruments.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-11 - Referred to Education [SB577 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB577-Introduced.html
| By: Miles | S.B. No. 577 | |
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| relating to a study by Texas A&M University--Commerce regarding the | ||
| cultural appropriateness of state-administered public school | ||
| assessment instruments. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. STUDY REGARDING CULTURAL APPROPRIATENESS OF | ||
| ASSESSMENT INSTRUMENTS. The board of regents of The Texas A&M | ||
| University System shall designate a department or entity at Texas | ||
| A&M University--Commerce to conduct a study of assessment | ||
| instruments administered under Subchapter B, Chapter 39, Education | ||
| Code, to determine whether state-administered public school | ||
| assessment instruments are culturally appropriate. | ||
| SECTION 2. REPORT TO LEGISLATURE. Not later than December | ||
| 31, 2022, the department or entity at Texas A&M | ||
| University--Commerce designated by the board of regents shall | ||
| submit a report to the legislature that includes the results of the | ||
| study conducted under Section 1 of this Act and any associated | ||
| recommendations. | ||
| SECTION 3. EXPIRATION. This Act expires September 1, 2023. | ||
| SECTION 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. 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, 2021. | ||
