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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the use of performance on certain assessment |
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instruments designated by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating |
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Board to satisfy requirements concerning high school end-of-course |
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assessment instruments. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 39.025, Education Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsection (a-1) and adding Subsection (a-2) to read as |
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follows: |
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(a-1) A student enrolled in a college preparatory |
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mathematics or English language arts course under Section 28.014 |
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who satisfies the Texas Success Initiative (TSI) college readiness |
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benchmarks prescribed by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating |
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Board under Section 51.3062(f) on an assessment instrument |
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designated by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board under |
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Section 51.3062(c) administered at the end of the college |
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preparatory mathematics or English language arts course satisfies |
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the requirements concerning and is exempt from the administration |
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of the Algebra I or the English I and English II [an] end-of-course |
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assessment instruments, as applicable, [in an equivalent course] as |
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prescribed by Section 39.023(c), even if the student did not |
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perform satisfactorily on a previous administration of the |
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applicable end-of-course assessment instrument [Subsection (a)]. A |
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student who fails to perform satisfactorily on the assessment |
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instrument designated by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating |
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Board under Section 51.3062(c) administered as provided by this |
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subsection may retake that assessment instrument for purposes of |
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this subsection or may take the appropriate end-of-course |
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assessment instrument. |
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(a-2) The commissioner shall determine a method by which a |
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student's satisfactory performance on an advanced placement test, |
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an international baccalaureate examination, an SAT Subject Test, |
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the SAT, the ACT, or any nationally recognized norm-referenced |
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assessment instrument used by institutions of higher education to |
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award course credit based on satisfactory performance on the |
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assessment instrument shall be used to satisfy the requirements |
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concerning an end-of-course assessment instrument in an equivalent |
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course as prescribed by Subsection (a). The commissioner shall |
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determine a method by which a student's satisfactory performance on |
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the PSAT or the ACT-Plan shall be used to satisfy the requirements |
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concerning an end-of-course assessment instrument in an equivalent |
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course as prescribed by Subsection (a). A student who fails to |
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perform satisfactorily on a test or other assessment instrument |
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authorized under this subsection, other than the PSAT or the |
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ACT-Plan, may retake that test or other assessment instrument for |
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purposes of this subsection or may take the appropriate |
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end-of-course assessment instrument. A student who fails to |
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perform satisfactorily on the PSAT or the ACT-Plan must take the |
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appropriate end-of-course assessment instrument. The commissioner |
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shall adopt rules as necessary for the administration of this |
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subsection. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |