Bill Text: TX HB1991 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the authorization of alternative assessment instruments for use under the public school accountability system in evaluating secondary-level student achievement in mathematics, reading, and writing.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-16 - Withdrawn from schedule [HB1991 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB1991-Introduced.html
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| By: Leman | H.B. No. 1991 | |
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| relating to the authorization of alternative assessment | ||
| instruments for use under the public school accountability system | ||
| in evaluating secondary-level student achievement in mathematics, | ||
| reading, and writing. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 39, Education Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 39.040 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 39.040. ALTERNATIVE ASSESSMENT INSTRUMENTS. (a) The | ||
| commissioner by rule shall adopt procedures to identify nationally | ||
| recognized assessment instruments, including the SAT and the ACT, | ||
| as additional alternative assessment instruments that may be used | ||
| to evaluate secondary-level student achievement in mathematics, | ||
| reading, and writing for purposes of complying with accountability | ||
| requirements under this chapter. | ||
| (b) The procedures adopted to identify all additional | ||
| alternative assessment instruments under Subsection (a) must be | ||
| consistent with the federal procedures required by the Every | ||
| Student Succeeds Act (20 U.S.C. Section 6311) for state approval of | ||
| nationally recognized high school academic assessment instruments | ||
| that are available for local selection, including requiring each | ||
| additional alternative assessment instrument identified to be | ||
| aligned with the essential knowledge and skills for the appropriate | ||
| grade level in the subject assessed. | ||
| (c) A school district may select only one additional | ||
| alternative assessment instrument identified as provided under | ||
| Subsection (a) for evaluating secondary-level student achievement | ||
| as provided by that subsection. A school district that selects an | ||
| additional alternative assessment instrument shall administer the | ||
| assessment instrument to students in grade 11. | ||
| (d) The commissioner by rule shall designate performance | ||
| standards for each assessment instrument identified under | ||
| Subsection (a) in the same manner as the commissioner designates | ||
| performance standards for student performance on each | ||
| end-of-course assessment instrument listed in Section 39.023(c). | ||
| (e) The commissioner by rule shall provide all necessary | ||
| procedures relating to providing accommodations in administering | ||
| an additional assessment instrument identified as provided under | ||
| Subsection (a) for a student for whom an individualized education | ||
| plan under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 | ||
| U.S.C. Section 1400 et seq.) or a plan under Section 504, | ||
| Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. Section 794), has been | ||
| created. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 39.053, Education Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsection (c-5) to read as follows: | ||
| (c-5) The commissioner by rule shall determine a method for | ||
| appropriately including under Subsection (c)(1) the results of | ||
| alternative assessment instruments administered as authorized | ||
| under Section 39.040, based on student performance as determined | ||
| under the performance standards designated for the appropriate | ||
| assessment instrument under Subsection (d) of that section. | ||
| SECTION 3. As soon as practicable after the effective date | ||
| of this Act, the commissioner of education shall adopt rules | ||
| regarding the authorization of alternative assessment instruments | ||
| for use under the public school accountability system as provided | ||
| by this Act. | ||
| 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, 2019. | ||
