{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-39.0232","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Education Code § 39.0232","heading":"USE OF END-OF-COURSE ASSESSMENT INSTRUMENT AS PLACEMENT INSTRUMENT; CERTAIN USES PROHIBITED.","body":"(a) To the extent practicable, the agency shall ensure that any high school end-of-course assessment instrument developed by the agency is developed in such a manner that the assessment instrument may be used to determine the appropriate placement of a student in a course of the same subject matter at an institution of higher education.\n(b) A student's performance on an end-of-course assessment instrument may not be used:\n(1) in determining the student's class ranking for any purpose, including entitlement to automatic college admission under Section 51.803 or 51.804; or\n(2) as a sole criterion in the determination of whether to admit the student to a general academic teaching institution in this state.\n(c) Subsection (b)(2) does not prohibit a general academic teaching institution from implementing an admission policy that takes into consideration a student's performance on an end-of-course assessment instrument in addition to other criteria.\n(d) In this section, \"general academic teaching institution\" has the meaning assigned by Section 61.003.\nAdded by Acts 2006, 79th Leg., 3rd C.S., Ch. 5 (H.B. 1), Sec. 5.05, eff. May 31, 2006.\nAmended by:\nActs 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 211 (H.B. 5), Sec. 32(a), eff. June 10, 2013.","path":["EDUCATION CODE","TITLE 2. PUBLIC EDUCATION","SUBTITLE H. PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM ACCOUNTABILITY","CHAPTER 39. PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM ACCOUNTABILITY","SUBCHAPTER B. ASSESSMENT OF ACADEMIC SKILLS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ED/htm/ED.39.htm#39.0232","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:05Z","sha256":"5d59d43dd25642f695f8a94ac4c1bbf0d54d1ba3bc1fa761a3ef861706cc7084","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-39.02315","next":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-39.0233"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}