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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to administering the Texas Success Initiative assessment |
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instrument to certain public school students. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 28, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 28.0081 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 28.0081. ADMINISTRATION OF ASSESSMENT INSTRUMENT FOR |
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DIAGNOSTIC PURPOSES. Not later than April 1 of each school year, a |
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school district shall administer an assessment instrument |
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designated by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board under |
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Section 51.3062(c) to each student in the district enrolled in the |
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10th grade. A student's performance on the assessment instrument |
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may only be used for diagnostic purposes, including a determination |
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as to whether a student should be enrolled in developmental |
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education courses. If a student is in a special education program |
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under Subchapter A, Chapter 29, the student's admission, review, |
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and dismissal committee shall determine if it is appropriate for |
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the student to be administered the assessment instrument required |
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under 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. |