Bill Text: TX HR2205 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, H.B. No. 3906.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-05-27 - Reported enrolled [HR2205 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HR2205-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 2205 |
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BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the State of | ||
Texas, 86th Legislature, Regular Session, 2019, That House Rule 13, | ||
Section 9(a), be suspended in part as provided by House Rule 13, | ||
Section 9(f), to enable the conference committee appointed to | ||
resolve the differences on House Bill 3906 (the assessment of | ||
public school students, including the development and | ||
administration of assessment instruments, and technology permitted | ||
for use by students) to consider and take action on the following | ||
matters: | ||
(1) House Rule 13, Section 9(a)(4), is suspended to permit | ||
the committee to add text on a matter not included in either the | ||
house or senate version of the bill by adding the following new | ||
language to SECTION 1 of the bill, amending Section 39.022, | ||
Education Code, to read as follows: | ||
(b) It is the policy of this state that the statewide | ||
assessment program be designed to: | ||
(1) provide assessment instruments that are as short | ||
as practicable; and | ||
(2) minimize the disruption to the educational | ||
program. | ||
Explanation: The addition is necessary to provide a general | ||
statement of state policy regarding the design of the statewide | ||
assessment program. | ||
(2) House Rule 13, Sections 9(a)(1) and (4), are suspended | ||
to permit the committee to change text not in disagreement and to | ||
add text on a matter not included in either the house or senate | ||
version of the bill in SECTION 3 of the bill, amending Section | ||
32.023(a-12), Education Code, to read as follows: | ||
(a-12) An assessment instrument adopted or developed under | ||
Subsection (a) may not have more than three parts. A part of an | ||
assessment instrument must be designed so that: | ||
(1) if administered to students in grades three | ||
through five, 85 percent of students will be able to complete that | ||
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(2) if administered to students in grades five [ |
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through eight, 85 percent of students will be able to complete that | ||
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Explanation: This change is necessary to limit the number of | ||
parts of an assessment instrument and to modify the requirements | ||
relating to the design of an assessment instrument to apply to parts | ||
of an assessment instrument. | ||
(3) House Rule 13, Section 9(a)(4), is suspended to permit | ||
the committee to add text on a matter not included in either the | ||
house or senate version of the bill by adding the following new | ||
language to SECTION 3 of the bill, amending Section 39.023, | ||
Education Code, to read as follows: | ||
(a-16) An assessment instrument under this section may not | ||
be administered to a kindergarten student except for the purpose of | ||
determining whether the student is entitled to the benefit of the | ||
Foundation School Program as provided under this code. | ||
Explanation: The addition is necessary to prohibit the Texas | ||
Education Agency from administering a statewide accountability | ||
assessment instrument to kindergarten students except in limited, | ||
specified circumstances. | ||
(4) House Rule 13, Section 9(a)(1), is suspended to permit | ||
the committee to alter text not in disagreement in SECTION 3 of the | ||
bill, amending Section 32.023(c), Education Code, by striking "[ |
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substituting "The State Board of Education shall adopt a schedule | ||
for the administration of end-of-course assessment instruments | ||
that complies with the requirements of Subsection (c-3).". | ||
Explanation: The alteration is necessary to restore language | ||
in the current law regarding the duty of the State Board of | ||
Education to adopt a schedule for the administration of | ||
end-of-course assessment instruments that was bracketed out by both | ||
the house and senate versions of the bill. | ||
(5) House Rule 13, Section 9(a)(4), is suspended to permit | ||
the committee to add text on a matter not included in either the | ||
house or senate version of the bill by adding the following new | ||
SECTION to the bill: | ||
SECTION 9. The Texas Education Agency is required to | ||
implement a provision of this Act only if the legislature | ||
appropriates money specifically for that purpose. If the | ||
legislature does not appropriate money specifically for that | ||
purpose, the Texas Education Agency may, but is not required to, | ||
implement a provision of this Act using other appropriations | ||
available for that purpose. | ||
Explanation: The addition is necessary to ensure fiscal | ||
responsibility by providing that the Texas Education Agency is | ||
required to implement a provision of the Act only if the legislature | ||
appropriates money specifically for that purpose. | ||
Huberty | ||
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Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 2205 was adopted by the House on May | ||
26, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 0, 1 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||