Texas Education Code
§ 39.0261 — COLLEGE PREPARATION AND CAREER READINESS ASSESSMENTS
ED § 39.0261Title 2. PUBLIC EDUCATION · Part H. PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM ACCOUNTABILITY · Ch. 39. PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM ACCOUNTABILITY · Art. B. ASSESSMENT OF ACADEMIC SKILLS
Statute text
View on source(a)In addition to the assessment instruments otherwise authorized or required by this subchapter:
(1)each school year and at state cost, a school district may administer to students in the spring of the eighth grade an established, valid, reliable, and nationally norm-referenced preliminary college preparation assessment instrument for the purpose of diagnosing the academic strengths and deficiencies of students before entrance into high school;
(2)each school year and at state cost, a school district may administer to students in the 10th grade an established, valid, reliable, and nationally norm-referenced preliminary college preparation assessment instrument for the purpose of measuring a student's progress toward readiness for college and the workplace; and
(3)high school students in the spring of the 11th grade or during the 12th grade may select and take once, at state cost:
(A)one of the valid, reliable, and nationally norm-referenced assessment instruments used by colleges and universities as part of their undergraduate admissions processes;
(B)the assessment instrument designated by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board under Section 51.334; or
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Legislative history
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1006 (H.B. 743), Sec. 3, eff. June 19, 2015. Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 582 (S.B. 825), Sec. 1, eff. June 9, 2017. Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 943 (H.B. 3), Sec. 2.034, eff. June 12, 2019. Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 806 (H.B. 1525), Sec. 17, eff. September 1, 2021. Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 918 (H.B. 120), Sec. 10, eff. June 20, 2025. Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 918 (H.B. 120), Sec. 11, eff. June 20, 2025. Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1065 (H.B. 2), Sec. 6.10, eff. June 20, 2025. Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1065 (H.B. 2), Sec. 6.11, eff. June 20, 2025.