Bill Text: TX HB3348 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to a study by the Texas Education Agency on Asian American and Pacific Islander students enrolled in public schools.
Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-15 - Referred to Public Education [HB3348 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB3348-Introduced.html
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| By: Vo | H.B. No. 3348 | |
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| relating to a study by the Texas Education Agency on Asian American | ||
| and Pacific Islander students enrolled in public schools. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. DEFINITION. In this Act, "agency" means the | ||
| Texas Education Agency. | ||
| SECTION 2. STUDY REGARDING ASIAN AMERICAN AND PACIFIC | ||
| ISLANDER STUDENTS. (a) The agency shall conduct a study regarding | ||
| students enrolled in public primary and secondary schools in this | ||
| state that identify as Asian American or Pacific Islander. | ||
| (b) The study must: | ||
| (1) identify the number of students enrolled in public | ||
| primary and secondary schools that identify as Asian American or | ||
| Pacific Islander and assess the students' English language | ||
| abilities; | ||
| (2) identify any areas in which the needs of Asian | ||
| American or Pacific Islander students are not addressed; and | ||
| (3) assess whether schools are allocated sufficient | ||
| resources to address the needs of Asian American or Pacific | ||
| Islander students. | ||
| (c) In conducting the study, the agency may solicit input | ||
| from parents or guardians, students, teachers, administrators, and | ||
| school support staff. | ||
| SECTION 3. REPORT TO LEGISLATURE. Not later than December | ||
| 1, 2024, the agency shall prepare and submit to the legislature a | ||
| report on the results of the study conducted under Section 2 of this | ||
| Act and any recommendations for legislative or other action. | ||
| SECTION 4. EXPIRATION OF ACT. This Act expires September 1, | ||
| 2025. | ||
| SECTION 5. EFFECTIVE DATE. 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. | ||
