Bill Text: TX HB1988 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the list of reading instruments adopted and maintained by the commissioner of education.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-08 - Referred to Public Education [HB1988 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB1988-Introduced.html
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By: Rogers | H.B. No. 1988 |
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relating to the list of reading instruments adopted and maintained | ||
by the commissioner of education. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 28.006, Education Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsections (b), (c), (c-1), (c-2), and (c-3) and adding | ||
Subsections (b-2), (b-3), (b-4), (f-1), and (n) to read as follows: | ||
(b) The commissioner shall adopt a comprehensive list of | ||
reading instruments that a school district may use to diagnose | ||
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are enrolled in kindergarten or in the first, second, or seventh | ||
grade. For use in diagnosing the reading development and | ||
comprehension of kindergarten students, the commissioner shall | ||
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at least three developmental skills, including literacy. A | ||
multidimensional assessment tool administered as provided by this | ||
subsection is considered to be a reading instrument for purposes of | ||
this section. A school district [ |
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instruments included on the commissioner's list. Each reading | ||
instrument adopted by the commissioner [ |
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skills development and reading comprehension. A list of reading | ||
instruments adopted under this subsection must provide for | ||
diagnosing the reading development and comprehension of students | ||
participating in a program under Subchapter B, Chapter 29. | ||
(b-2) The commissioner shall include on the list any reading | ||
instrument that is: | ||
(1) based on scientific research concerning reading | ||
skills development and reading comprehension; and | ||
(2) submitted for inclusion on the list under | ||
Subsection (b-4). | ||
(b-3) The commissioner shall annually update the list of | ||
reading instruments, including multidimensional assessment tools | ||
authorized under this section. | ||
(b-4) The commissioner shall provide an online resource | ||
prominently displayed on the agency's Internet website that | ||
provides information regarding the list of reading instruments | ||
maintained by the commissioner under this section and the annual | ||
process for applying for inclusion on the list, as provided by | ||
agency rule adopted under Subsection (n). | ||
(c) Each school district shall administer, at the first and | ||
second grade levels, a reading instrument that is based on | ||
scientific research concerning reading skills development and | ||
reading comprehension [ |
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the reading instrument in accordance with the commissioner's | ||
recommendations under Subsection (a)(1). | ||
(c-1) Each school district shall administer at the | ||
beginning of the seventh grade a reading instrument [ |
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instrument in reading administered under Section 39.023(a) to the | ||
student in grade six did not demonstrate reading proficiency, as | ||
determined by the commissioner. The district shall administer the | ||
reading instrument in accordance with the commissioner's | ||
recommendations under Subsection (a)(1). | ||
(c-2) Each school district shall administer at the | ||
kindergarten level a reading instrument [ |
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instrument in accordance with the commissioner's recommendations | ||
under Subsection (a)(1). | ||
(c-3) The commissioner by rule shall determine the | ||
performance on a [ |
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(b) that indicates kindergarten readiness. | ||
(f-1) A reading instrument made available under Subsection | ||
(f) may not require the purchase of an additional service or | ||
functionality to have full and complete access to the capabilities | ||
of the reading instrument. | ||
(n) The agency by rule shall provide a process for annual | ||
application for inclusion of a reading instrument on the | ||
commissioner's list of reading instruments under this section. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 28.006(b-1), Education Code, is | ||
repealed. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act applies beginning with the 2023-2024 | ||
school year. | ||
SECTION 4. 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, 2023. |