89R11395 CMO-D     By: A. Davis of Dallas H.B. No. 4390       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to parental rights regarding the use of machine grading to   score certain portions of assessment instruments administered to   public school students in this state.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 39.023, Education Code, is amended by   adding Subsections (q) and (r) to read as follows:          (q)  The agency shall provide written notice to a student's   parent if machine grading, including artificial intelligence or   computer software, is used to score a constructed response provided   by a student as part of an assessment instrument administered under   this section.  The notice must include information regarding the   parent's right to request rescoring of the constructed response as   provided by Subsection (r).          (r)  On written request by a parent of a student who failed to   perform satisfactorily on an assessment instrument in which machine   grading was used to score the constructed response as described by   Subsection (q), that portion of the student's assessment instrument   must be rescored using a traditional scoring method that does not   include machine grading, at no cost to the parent.          SECTION 2.  This Act applies beginning with the 2025-2026   school year.          SECTION 3.  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.