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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a required report made to a public school student, |
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parent, and teacher regarding the student's performance on certain |
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state-adopted or state-developed assessment instruments. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 39, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 39.0239 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 39.0239. REQUIRED REPORT FOR CERTAIN ASSESSMENTS. (a) |
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Following the administration of an assessment instrument adopted or |
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developed under Section 39.023(a), the agency shall provide a |
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detailed report of a student's performance on the assessment |
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instrument to: |
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(1) the student; |
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(2) the student's parent or other person standing in |
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parental relationship; and |
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(3) the student's teachers. |
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(b) The report provided under Subsection (a) must include an |
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analysis of a student's performance on each assessed standard or |
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skill in the essential knowledge and skills of the subject for which |
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the assessment instrument was administered. The analysis must |
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indicate whether the student mastered each standard or skill |
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assessed in the assessment instrument. |
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(c) The analysis under Subsection (b) must demonstrate both |
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individual assessment results and assessment results aggregated |
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across classes, campuses, and districts. |
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(d) The commissioner may contract with a third party to |
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fulfill the requirements of this section. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2015-2016 |
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school year. |
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SECTION 3. 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. |