{"id":37848,"date":"2025-08-22T09:55:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T14:55:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.risd.org\/home\/?p=37848"},"modified":"2025-08-29T11:58:44","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T16:58:44","slug":"risd-legislative-corner-august-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.risd.org\/home\/risd-legislative-corner-august-22\/","title":{"rendered":"RISD Legislative Corner \u2013 August 22","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Second-called Special Session<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>What a difference a week makes! Both the House and Senate have passed bills from committees this week that relate to the items on the Governor\u2019s call. Specifically regarding education, both the House and Senate education committees passed nearly identical bills (HB 8 and SB 9) that call for the replacement of STAAR. Both bills are expected to be voted on by the full House and Senate next week.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The bills passed by the Education committees would:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Replace STAAR with three tests (beginning-of-year (BOY), middle-of-year (MOY), and end-of-year (EOY)) and make changes to end-of-course exams, beginning in 2027-28<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Reduce the overall length of end-of-year tests while allowing districts to use norm-referenced assessments for the beginning- and middle-of-year tests<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Require adopted and developed beginning-of-year and middle-of-year assessment instruments to be adaptive to each student<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Use technology to return results within two business days<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Limit benchmark testing<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Increase cut scores every five years to ensure Texas ranks in the top five states within 15 years while requiring advanced notice of changes to districts\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Restrict districts\u2019 ability to legally challenge the accountability system.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Allow additional dashboard metrics to be viewed, such as student engagement and workforce development information; but those metrics would not count toward school ratings<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Require TEA to post the number of questions needed to pass in advance of the test<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Require the TEA to provide notice of changes to the A-F system two years in advance<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Legislative Corner is published periodically throughout the 89th Texas legislative session. For more information about RISD\u2019s legislative involvement and priorities,&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/web.risd.org\/home\/legislative-information\/\"><strong><em>please visit the legislative page here<\/em><\/strong><\/a><em>. Other resources include&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/capitol.texas.gov\/\"><strong><em>Texas Legislature Online<\/em><\/strong><\/a><em>&nbsp;(TLO) \u2013 find legislation (bills), committee hearings, legislative member info, and more;&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.quorumreport.com\/index.cfm\"><strong><em>The Quorum Report<\/em><\/strong><\/a><em>&nbsp;\u2013 sign-up for \u201cDaily Buzz\u201d or a listing of political news articles;&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/\"><strong><em>Texas Tribune<\/em><\/strong><\/a><em>&nbsp;\u2013 online daily news, also a data dashboard for education.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News and developments from the 89th Texas Legislative Session impacting RISD and public education.<\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"author":10,"featured_media":19517,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[62,470],"class_list":["post-37848","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-legislative","tag-risd-legislative-corner"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>RISD Legislative Corner \u2013 August 22 - Richardson ISD<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/web.risd.org\/home\/risd-legislative-corner-august-22\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"RISD Legislative Corner \u2013 August 22 - Richardson ISD\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"News and developments from the 89th Texas Legislative Session impacting RISD and public education.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/web.risd.org\/home\/risd-legislative-corner-august-22\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Richardson ISD\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-08-22T14:55:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-08-29T16:58:44+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/web.risd.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/TX.Capitol.Aug2023-e1692647077876.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"333\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Justine Huddleston\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Justine Huddleston\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/web.risd.org\/home\/risd-legislative-corner-august-22\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/web.risd.org\/home\/risd-legislative-corner-august-22\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Justine Huddleston\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/web.risd.org\/home\/#\/schema\/person\/090d7639bd159f937fa158d0ec65b00f\"},\"headline\":\"RISD Legislative Corner \u2013 August 22\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-08-22T14:55:10+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-08-29T16:58:44+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/web.risd.org\/home\/risd-legislative-corner-august-22\/\"},\"wordCount\":317,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/web.risd.org\/home\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/web.risd.org\/home\/risd-legislative-corner-august-22\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/web.risd.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/TX.Capitol.Aug2023-e1692647077876.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"legislative\",\"RISD Legislative Corner\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/web.risd.org\/home\/risd-legislative-corner-august-22\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/web.risd.org\/home\/risd-legislative-corner-august-22\/\",\"name\":\"RISD Legislative Corner \u2013 August 22 - Richardson ISD\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/web.risd.org\/home\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/web.risd.org\/home\/risd-legislative-corner-august-22\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/web.risd.org\/home\/risd-legislative-corner-august-22\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/web.risd.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/TX.Capitol.Aug2023-e1692647077876.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-08-22T14:55:10+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-08-29T16:58:44+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/web.risd.org\/home\/risd-legislative-corner-august-22\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/web.risd.org\/home\/risd-legislative-corner-august-22\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/web.risd.org\/home\/risd-legislative-corner-august-22\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/web.risd.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/TX.Capitol.Aug2023-e1692647077876.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/web.risd.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/TX.Capitol.Aug2023-e1692647077876.jpg\",\"width\":500,\"height\":333,\"caption\":\"texas capitol dome\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/web.risd.org\/home\/risd-legislative-corner-august-22\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/web.risd.org\/home\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"RISD Legislative Corner \u2013 August 22\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/web.risd.org\/home\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/web.risd.org\/home\/\",\"name\":\"Richardson ISD\",\"description\":\"Every Child. Every Teacher. Every Leader. Every Day.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/web.risd.org\/home\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/web.risd.org\/home\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/web.risd.org\/home\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Richardson ISD\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/web.risd.org\/home\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/web.risd.org\/home\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/web.risd.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/risd_logo.svg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/web.risd.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/risd_logo.svg\",\"width\":200,\"height\":200,\"caption\":\"Richardson ISD\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/web.risd.org\/home\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/web.risd.org\/home\/#\/schema\/person\/090d7639bd159f937fa158d0ec65b00f\",\"name\":\"Justine Huddleston\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/web.risd.org\/home\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/32bd6c63c020c745d413e441f8d6522469b220599832c5fca9db4aefc6adf8b8?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/32bd6c63c020c745d413e441f8d6522469b220599832c5fca9db4aefc6adf8b8?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Justine Huddleston\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"RISD Legislative Corner \u2013 August 22 - Richardson ISD","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/web.risd.org\/home\/risd-legislative-corner-august-22\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"RISD Legislative Corner \u2013 August 22 - Richardson ISD","og_description":"News and developments from the 89th Texas Legislative Session impacting RISD and public education.","og_url":"https:\/\/web.risd.org\/home\/risd-legislative-corner-august-22\/","og_site_name":"Richardson ISD","article_published_time":"2025-08-22T14:55:10+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-08-29T16:58:44+00:00","og_image":[{"width":500,"height":333,"url":"https:\/\/web.risd.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/TX.Capitol.Aug2023-e1692647077876.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Justine Huddleston","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Justine Huddleston","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/web.risd.org\/home\/risd-legislative-corner-august-22\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/web.risd.org\/home\/risd-legislative-corner-august-22\/"},"author":{"name":"Justine Huddleston","@id":"https:\/\/web.risd.org\/home\/#\/schema\/person\/090d7639bd159f937fa158d0ec65b00f"},"headline":"RISD Legislative Corner \u2013 August 22","datePublished":"2025-08-22T14:55:10+00:00","dateModified":"2025-08-29T16:58:44+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/web.risd.org\/home\/risd-legislative-corner-august-22\/"},"wordCount":317,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/web.risd.org\/home\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/web.risd.org\/home\/risd-legislative-corner-august-22\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/web.risd.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/TX.Capitol.Aug2023-e1692647077876.jpg","keywords":["legislative","RISD Legislative Corner"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/web.risd.org\/home\/risd-legislative-corner-august-22\/","url":"https:\/\/web.risd.org\/home\/risd-legislative-corner-august-22\/","name":"RISD Legislative Corner \u2013 August 22 - Richardson ISD","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/web.risd.org\/home\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/web.risd.org\/home\/risd-legislative-corner-august-22\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/web.risd.org\/home\/risd-legislative-corner-august-22\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/web.risd.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/TX.Capitol.Aug2023-e1692647077876.jpg","datePublished":"2025-08-22T14:55:10+00:00","dateModified":"2025-08-29T16:58:44+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/web.risd.org\/home\/risd-legislative-corner-august-22\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/web.risd.org\/home\/risd-legislative-corner-august-22\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/web.risd.org\/home\/risd-legislative-corner-august-22\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/web.risd.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/TX.Capitol.Aug2023-e1692647077876.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/web.risd.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/TX.Capitol.Aug2023-e1692647077876.jpg","width":500,"height":333,"caption":"texas capitol dome"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/web.risd.org\/home\/risd-legislative-corner-august-22\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/web.risd.org\/home\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"RISD Legislative Corner \u2013 August 22"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/web.risd.org\/home\/#website","url":"https:\/\/web.risd.org\/home\/","name":"Richardson ISD","description":"Every Child. Every Teacher. Every Leader. Every Day.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/web.risd.org\/home\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/web.risd.org\/home\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/web.risd.org\/home\/#organization","name":"Richardson ISD","url":"https:\/\/web.risd.org\/home\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/web.risd.org\/home\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/web.risd.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/risd_logo.svg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/web.risd.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/risd_logo.svg","width":200,"height":200,"caption":"Richardson ISD"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/web.risd.org\/home\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/web.risd.org\/home\/#\/schema\/person\/090d7639bd159f937fa158d0ec65b00f","name":"Justine Huddleston","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/web.risd.org\/home\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/32bd6c63c020c745d413e441f8d6522469b220599832c5fca9db4aefc6adf8b8?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/32bd6c63c020c745d413e441f8d6522469b220599832c5fca9db4aefc6adf8b8?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Justine Huddleston"}}]}},"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"link","format":"url"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.risd.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37848","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.risd.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.risd.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.risd.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.risd.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37848"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/web.risd.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37848\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37849,"href":"https:\/\/web.risd.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37848\/revisions\/37849"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.risd.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19517"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.risd.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37848"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.risd.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37848"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.risd.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37848"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}