Bill Text: TX HB1993 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the authorization of alternative assessment instruments for use under the public school accountability system.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-21 - Left pending in committee [HB1993 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB1993-Introduced.html
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| By: Anderson of Dallas | H.B. No. 1993 | |
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| relating to the authorization of alternative assessment | ||
| instruments for use under the public school accountability system. | ||
| 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, norm-referenced assessment instruments as additional | ||
| alternative assessment instruments that may be used to evaluate | ||
| student achievement for purposes of complying with accountability | ||
| requirements under this chapter. | ||
| (b) Additional alternative assessment instruments | ||
| identified as provided by Subsection (a) may be used: | ||
| (1) for grades three through eight, provided that the | ||
| commissioner obtains any necessary waiver from the application of | ||
| any conflicting federal law or regulation as provided by Subsection | ||
| (d); and | ||
| (2) for secondary-level courses. | ||
| (c) 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. | ||
| (d) For purposes of using additional alternative assessment | ||
| instruments in grades three through eight, the commissioner shall | ||
| seek a waiver from the application of any conflicting federal law or | ||
| regulation as a result of the use of multiple assessment | ||
| instruments for assessing students in the same grade. | ||
| SECTION 2. Not later than September 1, 2018, the | ||
| commissioner of education shall: | ||
| (1) adopt rules regarding alternative assessment | ||
| instruments as required by Section 39.040, Education Code, as added | ||
| by this Act; and | ||
| (2) request from the United States Department of | ||
| Education a waiver from the application of any conflicting federal | ||
| law or regulation as required by Section 39.040(d), Education Code, | ||
| as added by this Act, or a written notification that a waiver is not | ||
| required. | ||
| 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, 2017. | ||
