88(R) HB 1416 - Enrolled version - Bill Text
 
 
  H.B.  No.  1416
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to accelerated instruction provided to public school
  students who fail to achieve satisfactory performance on certain
  assessment instruments.
               BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
               SECTION  1.    The heading to Section 28.0211, Education Code,
  is amended to read as follows:
               Sec.  28.0211.    [ACCELERATED LEARNING COMMITTEE;]
  ACCELERATED INSTRUCTION; MODIFIED TEACHER ASSIGNMENT.
               SECTION  2.    Section 28.0211, Education Code, is amended by
  amending Subsections (a), (a-1), (a-4), (a-5), (f), (f-1), (f-2),
  (f-3), (g), (h), (i), (j), (k), and (n) and adding Subsections
  (a-7), (a-8), (a-9), (a-10), (a-11), (a-12), (a-13), (a-14), (b),
  (b-1), (i-1), (l), (q), and (r) to read as follows:
               (a)    To ensure that each student achieves at least
  satisfactory performance on each assessment instrument
  administered under Section 39.023, a [A] school district shall
  ensure that the district's curricular and instructional systems
  provide instruction to all students that:
                           (1)    is consistently aligned with the essential
  knowledge and skills for the applicable subject area and grade
  level; and
                           (2)    strategically and timely addresses deficiencies
  in the prerequisite essential knowledge and skills for the
  applicable subject area and grade level [establish an accelerated
  learning committee described by Subsection (c) for each student who
  does not perform satisfactorily on:
                           [(1)    the third grade mathematics or reading assessment
  instrument under Section 39.023;
                           [(2)    the fifth grade mathematics or reading assessment
  instrument under Section 39.023; or
                           [(3)    the eighth grade mathematics or reading
  assessment instrument under Section 39.023].
               (a-1)    Each time a student fails to perform satisfactorily on
  an assessment instrument administered under Section 39.023(a) or
  (l) in the third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, or eighth grade or
  an end-of-course assessment instrument administered under Section
  39.023(c), other than an assessment instrument developed or adopted
  based on alternative academic achievement standards, the school
  district in which the student attends school shall provide to the
  student accelerated instruction in the applicable subject area
  during the subsequent summer or school year and, subject to
  Subsections (a-7) and (a-8), either:
                           (1)    allow the student to be assigned a classroom
  teacher who is certified as a master, exemplary, or recognized
  teacher under Section 21.3521 for the subsequent school year in the
  applicable subject area; or
                           (2)    provide the student supplemental instruction
  under Subsection (a-4).
               (a-4)    If a district receives funding under Section 29.0881
  or 48.104, the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental
  Appropriations Act, 2021 (Div. M, Pub. L. No.  116-260), or the
  American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Pub. L. No.  117-2), then
  supplemental instruction provided by a school district under
  Subsection (a-1)(2) must:
                           (1)    include targeted instruction in the essential
  knowledge and skills for the applicable grade levels and subject
  area;
                           (2)    be provided in addition to instruction normally
  provided to students in the grade level in which the student is
  enrolled;
                           (3)    be provided [for no less than 30 total hours]
  during the subsequent summer or school year:
                                       (A)    to each student for no less than:
                                                   (i)    15 hours; or
                                                   (ii)    30 hours for a student whose
  performance on the applicable assessment instrument was
  significantly below satisfactory, as defined by commissioner rule;  
  and

Statutes affected:
Introduced: Education Code 28.0211, Education Code 29.0881, The following provisions of the Education Code 28.0211 (The following provisions of the Education Code 28, Education Code 29, Education Code 28)
House Committee Report: Education Code 28.0211, Education Code 29.0881, The following provisions of the Education Code 28.0211 (The following provisions of the Education Code 28, Education Code 29, Education Code 28)
Engrossed: Education Code 28.0211, Education Code 29.0881, The following provisions of the Education Code 28.0211 (The following provisions of the Education Code 28, Education Code 29, Education Code 28)
Senate Committee Report: Education Code 28.0211, Education Code 29.0881 (The following provisions of the Education Code 28, Education Code 29, Education Code 28)
Enrolled: Education Code 28.0211, Education Code 29.0881, The following provisions of the Education Code 28.0211 (The following provisions of the Education Code 28, Education Code 29, Education Code 28)