HB4383 - Relating to the paper administration of certain assessment instruments and information related to assessment instrument accommodations for students with disabilities.

  89R13488 AMF-D     By: Hull H.B. No. 4383       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the paper administration of certain assessment   instruments and information related to assessment instrument   accommodations for students with disabilities.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 39.02342, Education Code, is amended to   read as follows:          Sec. 39.02342.  PAPER ADMINISTRATION OF ASSESSMENT   INSTRUMENTS [ ON REQUEST ]. (a) A school district shall administer   an assessment instrument required under Section 39.023(a) or (l) to   a student in the third or fourth grade in paper format.           (b)     In addition to the required administration of certain   assessment instruments in paper format under Subsection (a) and   subject [ Subject ] to Subsection (c), a school district may   administer an assessment instrument required under Section   39.023(a), (c), or (l) in paper format to any student whose parent,   guardian, or teacher in the applicable subject area requests the   assessment instrument be administered to the student in paper   format.          [ (b) ]  A request [ for the administration of an assessment   instrument in paper format to a student ] under this subsection   [ section ] must be submitted to the school district:                (1)  for a fall administration of an assessment   instrument, not later than September 15 of the school year in which   the assessment instrument will be administered; and                (2)  for a spring administration of an assessment   instrument, not later than December 1 of the school year in which   the assessment instrument will be administered.          (c)   The board of trustees of a school district may limit the   [ The ] number of students enrolled at a school district who are   administered an assessment instrument in paper format for any   single administration under Subsection (b) to not less than [ this   section may not exceed ] three percent of the number of students   enrolled in the district. On receipt by a district that has imposed   a limitation under this subsection of more requests for   administration of an assessment instrument than the maximum number   permitted by the district under this subsection, the district shall   accept the requests in the order received until the maximum number   is reached. A [ The ] limitation adopted under [ described by ] this   subsection may [ does ] not apply to a student who is a student with a   disability as defined by Section 21.001 [ whose admission, review,   and dismissal committee determines that the administration of an   assessment instrument in paper format is a necessary modification   for the student ].          SECTION 2.  The heading to Section 39.027, Education Code,   is amended to read as follows:          Sec. 39.027.  EXEMPTION ; INFORMATION RELATED TO ASSESSMENT   ACCOMMODATIONS .          SECTION 3.  Section 39.027, Education Code, is amended by   adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows:           (b-1)     The agency shall develop a form that provides   information regarding accommodations applicable to the assessment   instruments administered under Section 39.023 that are available to   a student with a disability, as defined by Section 21.001,   including the administration of the assessment instrument in paper   format under Section 39.02342. Each school district shall provide   the form developed under this subsection to parents or persons   standing in parental relation to students with a disability.          SECTION 4.  (a)  Each board of trustees of a school district   and each governing body of an open-enrollment charter school shall   take a record vote not later than six months after the effective   date of this Act on whether to impose a limitation under Section   39.02342(c), Education Code, as amended by this Act, on the number   of students who are administered an assessment instrument in paper   format under Section 39.02342(b), Education Code, as amended by   this Act.          (b)  As soon as practicable after the effective date of this   Act, the Texas Education Agency shall develop the form required by   Section 39.027(b-1), Education Code, as added by this Act.          SECTION 5.  This Act applies beginning with the 2025-2026   school year.          SECTION 6.  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, 2025.