Major Bills on Assessment
• SB 463 by Sen. Seliger*
– Extends IGCs for 2 more years (Sept. 2019)
– Creates IGCs for TAKS graduates
– Requires THECB to conduct follow-up studies
of IGC graduates
• HB 515 by Rep. VanDeaver*
– Eliminates some tests but adds a new one
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* Both bills have been received in the other house and heard in committee; SB 463 was voted out
of the House Public Ed Committee on 5/16/2017. Committee vote on HB 515 expected soon.
HB 515 by Rep. VanDeaver
Eliminates: STAAR Gr. 8 SS, EOC test
in US History
Optional STAAR tests
(Algebra II, English III)
Retesting in Gr. 5 & 8 in
Reading & Math (no high
stakes)
TAKS retesting (students
shift to SAT, ACT, TSI with
cutoff points linked to TAKS
standards)
Adds: Civics test for graduation
Results used in accountability
Administration, scoring, reporting
are all at district expense
Accelerated Learning
Committees for Gr. 3, 5,
and 8 in R/M
Required test release cycle
Shifts authority for test
administration to COE
Revised method of
assessing writing by 2021
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Major Bills on Assessment, cont’d.
• HB 657 by Rep. Bernal*
– Parental notice by Sept. 1 of ARD options if
student does not pass state assessment
– ARD meeting must be set before retesting a
student in special education who fails STAAR
– ARD committee may promote a student if
sufficient progress is made on goals in IEP
– District is not compelled to provide additional
retest opportunities to a promoted student
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* This bill has been voted out of Senate Ed Committee and is recommended for Senate
Local/Uncontested calendar.
• HB 1776 by Rep. Ashby*
– Eliminates U.S. History EOC test
– Adds multiple-choice civics test
• Questions from U.S. Citizenship & Immigration
Services exam
• 70% correct is graduation requirement
• ISDs pay for ALL costs
– Results to be used in accountability system
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* Bill received in Senate; its provisions were folded into HB 515 by way of a floor amendment.
Other Bills on Assessment
Other Assessment Bills, cont’d.
• SB 2049 by Ch. Taylor – pending in Senate Ed.
– Makes the STAAR English II EOC test a district option
– Requires ISDs to administer one or more TSI tests in
reading, mathematics and writing to 11th graders
– Authorizes commissioner to determine if SAT, ACT
are necessary alternatives to TSI
– FHSP grads test only for courses in which they enroll
– 2-year pilot program for assessing Gr. 3-8 with
computer adaptive testing
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Other Bills on Assessment
• HB 1886 – dyslexia
testing
• HB 1980 – IGCs for
senior transfers
• HB 2130 – study of
testing impact on
students w/ disabilities
• HB 2614 – Option to
give PSAT/SAT, etc.
• SB 384 – Schedule
STAAR to avoid AP,
IB, etc. test dates
• SB 1005 – SAT/ACT
as exit-level tests in
lieu of TAKS
• SB 1843 – Adds
ASVAB testing for
10th -12th graders
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Major Bills on Accountability
• HB 22 by Ch. Huberty*
• SB 2051 by Ch. Taylor
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* HB 22 was passed by the House and is being heard today in the Senate Committee on
Education. We anticipate that the Senate will offer a committee substitute.
A committee substitute for Chairman Taylor’s bill, SB 2051, became available on Tuesday of this
week, and at the time of writing, the bill had not yet been placed on a Senate calendar.
HB 22 by Ch. Huberty
• Stability, support and lead time– Maintains 2016 Manual for SYs 2017-18 & 2018-19
– Requires TEA to model results of new system – twice
– Delays implementation of A-F ratings to Aug. 2020
– Indicators and standards must be announced earlier
in the year (9/30 or as soon as possible after that,
with stakeholder input)
– TEA to produce 250-word descriptions of each
domain
– TEA to produce explanation of system suitable for
districts to share with parents
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HB 22, cont’d.
• More comprehensive view of performance
– More non-test-based indicators are included
– Three rather than five domains; NO overall
ratings
• Student achievement
• School progress
• School climate
– State assessment data contribute no more
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HB 22, cont’d.
• Multiple feasibility studies by TEA
– Progress measure for students served in
special education
• If NOT adopted, explanatory legislative report by
Dec. 1, 2022
– Statewide school climate survey over 3 years
• Report results in Sys 2020-21 and 2021-22
• Includes administrators, students and parents
• Joint legislative committee to contract
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HB 22, cont’d.
• More about ratings and sanctions– Ratings must be prepared in a way that makes it
possible for all districts and campuses to get “A’s”
– Differentiation between grades of “D” and “F”
• “D’s” re-categorized to acceptable
– Sanctions driven by school progress domain results
– New procedures to support acceptance of turn-
around plans
– PEG is aligned to current year ratings in student
achievement and school progress domains
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CSSB 2051 by Ch. Taylor as of Tuesday, May 16, 2017
• Proceeds with implementation of A-F (no delay)
• More comprehensive than current system
– Three Four domains: achievement, progress, closing the
gaps, and school climate
– Maintains overall ratings + domain ratings
– COE has “carte blanche” to determine domain weights
– COE can adopt indicators and standards at any time
• Disaggregated data must be used in the system
• “F” rated schools are to have interventions and
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Other Bills on Accountability• HB 1174 – adds %
completing OnRamps
courses, sequences of fine
arts courses to Domain IV
• HB 1500 – adds PSR
measures to Domain IV
• HB 1553 – ISDs that miss
standards can partner with
IHEs to improve
performance
• HB 1731 – Expands dropout
exclusions
• HB 2263 – CITs required for
each year of IR ratings (not
after meeting standards)
• HB 2782 – Possible for all
districts & campuses to get
“A” ratings
• HB 3075 – Certain existing
dropout exclusions apply to
charters
• HB 3209 – Non-resident
students in Reg. Day
School for Deaf excluded
from accountability
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Other Bills on Accountability• HB 3722 – District that
annexes an IR district can
receive extra $ for up to 5
years
• HB 3767 – Board must
certify to TEA establishment
of district & campus SBDM
committees each year
• SB 1837 – financial
performance of a charter
school run by a Texas public
IHE must be evaluated using
only appropriate indicators
• SB 1873 – TEA must
prepare & post on website a
report about PE
• SB 1882 – School board
can contract to have charter
operate a district campus;
special treatment re
sanctions
• SB 1883 – TEA to review all
appeals (and much more)
• SB 1886 – Office of
Inspector General at TEA
can conduct SAIs
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Selected House Bills Pertaining to
Curriculum or Programs
• HB 1638 by Rep. Guillen – State & local
goals for dual credit programs [G]*
• HB 728 by Rep. Guerra – In participating
sites, advanced computer science
program credit can satisfy an advanced
math or science credit in SY 2018-19
(Passed both houses)
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All bills shown here have, at a minimum, made it over to the other house.
*[G] = Bill has been sent to the governor.
More Selected House Bills re
Curriculum or Programs
• HB 884 by Rep. Ken King - By Sept. 2020,
SBOE is to:
– review and reduce the TEKS without need for new
instructional materials
– consider instructional time and coverage of TEKS
– review STAAR to see if it adequately assesses a
student expectation
– Limitation on cost for a given proclamation to 75% of
total amount used to fund IMA
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More Selected House Bills re
Curriculum or Programs
• HB 2937 by Rep. Canales – TEA authorized
to start medical dual credit pilot program
• HB 3593 by Rep. Bernal – Cybersecurity
courses for graduation credit
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All bills shown here have, at a minimum, made it over to the other house.
Selected Senate Bills Pertaining
to Curriculum or Programs
• SB 671 by Sen. Campbell - foreign language
credit for dual language immersion program in
elementary school [G]*
• SB 826 by Ch. Taylor – gives students flexibility
in high school English, Math course sequencing
• SB 160 by Sen. Rodriguez – No PBMAS
measure based solely on aggregate # or % of
students served in special education [G]*
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All bills shown here have, at a minimum, made it over to the other house.
*[G] = Bill has been sent to the governor.
More Selected Senate Bills re
Curriculum or Programs
• SB 1091 by Sen. Seliger – limits dual credit
courses to those in IHE’s core curriculum, CTE,
a foreign language
• SB 1318 by Sen. V. Taylor – mathematics
innovation zones
• SB 1659 by Ch. L. Taylor – competitive grant
program to assist districts in implementing high-
quality educational programs.
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All bills shown here have, at a minimum, made it over to the other house.
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QUESTIONS?
The bills in this presentation represent
only a SAMPLE of pertinent legislation.
Much more activity is expected in the
next week!
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