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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to accelerated instruction provided to public school |
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students who fail to achieve satisfactory performance on certain |
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assessment instruments. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. The heading to Section 28.0211, Education Code, |
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is amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 28.0211. [ACCELERATED LEARNING COMMITTEE;] |
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ACCELERATED INSTRUCTION; MODIFIED TEACHER ASSIGNMENT. |
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SECTION 2. Section 28.0211, Education Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsections (a), (a-1), (a-4), (a-5), (f), (f-1), (f-2), |
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(f-3), (g), (h), (i), (j), (k), and (n) and adding Subsections |
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(a-7), (a-8), (a-9), (a-10), (a-11), (a-12), (a-13), (b), (b-1), |
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(i-1), (l), (q), and (r) to read as follows: |
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(a) To ensure that each student achieves at least |
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satisfactory performance on each assessment instrument |
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administered under Section 39.023, a [A] school district shall |
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ensure that the district's curricular and instructional systems |
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provide instruction to all students that: |
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(1) is consistently aligned with the essential |
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knowledge and skills for the applicable subject area and grade |
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level; and |
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(2) strategically and timely addresses deficiencies |
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in the prerequisite essential knowledge and skills for the |
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applicable subject area and grade level [establish an accelerated |
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learning committee described by Subsection (c) for each student who |
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does not perform satisfactorily on: |
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[(1) the third grade mathematics or reading assessment |
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instrument under Section 39.023; |
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[(2) the fifth grade mathematics or reading assessment |
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instrument under Section 39.023; or |
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[(3) the eighth grade mathematics or reading |
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assessment instrument under Section 39.023]. |
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(a-1) Each time a student fails to perform satisfactorily on |
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an assessment instrument administered under Section 39.023(a) or |
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(l) in the third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, or eighth grade or |
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an end-of-course assessment instrument administered under Section |
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39.023(c), other than an assessment instrument developed or adopted |
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based on alternative academic achievement standards, the school |
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district in which the student attends school shall provide to the |
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student accelerated instruction in the applicable subject area |
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during the subsequent summer or school year and, subject to |
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Subsection (a-7), either: |
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(1) allow the student to be assigned a classroom |
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teacher who is certified as a master, exemplary, or recognized |
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teacher under Section 21.3521 for the subsequent school year in the |
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applicable subject area; or |
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(2) provide the student supplemental instruction |
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under Subsection (a-4). |
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(a-4) If a district receives funding under Section 29.0881 |
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or 48.104, the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental |
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Appropriations Act, 2021 (Div. M, Pub. L. No. 116-260), or the |
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American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Pub. L. No. 117-2), then |
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supplemental instruction provided by a school district under |
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Subsection (a-1)(2) must: |
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(1) include targeted instruction in the essential |
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knowledge and skills for the applicable grade levels and subject |
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area; |
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(2) be provided in addition to instruction normally |
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provided to students in the grade level in which the student is |
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enrolled; |
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(3) be provided [for no less than 30 total hours] |
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during the subsequent summer or school year: |
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(A) to each student for no less than: |
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(i) 15 hours; or |
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(ii) 30 hours for a student whose |
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Introduced: Education Code 28.0211, Education Code 29.0881 (Education Code 29, Education Code 28)
Senate Committee Report: Education Code 28.0211, Education Code 29.0881 (Education Code 29, Education Code 28)