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AN ACT
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relating to school district discretion to administer college |
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preparation assessment instruments to public school students at |
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state cost. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 39.0261(a), Education Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(a) In addition to the assessment instruments otherwise |
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authorized or required by this subchapter: |
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(1) each school year and at state cost, a school |
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district may [shall] administer to students in the spring of the |
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eighth grade an established, valid, reliable, and nationally |
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norm-referenced preliminary college preparation assessment |
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instrument for the purpose of diagnosing the academic strengths and |
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deficiencies of students before entrance into high school; |
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(2) each school year and at state cost, a school |
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district may [shall] administer to students in the 10th grade an |
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established, valid, reliable, and nationally norm-referenced |
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preliminary college preparation assessment instrument for the |
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purpose of measuring a student's progress toward readiness for |
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college and the workplace; and |
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(3) high school students in the spring of the 11th |
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grade or during the 12th grade may select and take once, at state |
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cost, one of the valid, reliable, and nationally norm-referenced |
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assessment instruments used by colleges and universities as part of |
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their undergraduate admissions processes. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2017-2018 |
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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, 2017. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 825 passed the Senate on |
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May 16, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 28, Nays 2. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 825 passed the House on |
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May 24, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 3, two |
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present not voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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Approved: |
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Governor |