Bill Text: TX HB615 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to removing certain requirements for public school grade-level promotion that are based on satisfactory performance on state assessment instruments.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-05-02 - Withdrawn from schedule [HB615 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB615-Introduced.html
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By: Leach | H.B. No. 615 |
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relating to removing certain requirements for public school | ||
grade-level promotion that are based on satisfactory performance on | ||
state 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. [ |
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SECTION 2. Section 28.0211, Education Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsections (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (i), and (n) and | ||
adding Subsection (e-1) to read as follows: | ||
(b) A school district shall provide to a student who | ||
initially fails to perform satisfactorily on a fifth or eighth | ||
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additional opportunities to take the assessment instrument. [ |
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student fails to perform satisfactorily on an assessment instrument | ||
specified under Subsection (b) a second time, a grade placement | ||
committee shall be established to prescribe the accelerated | ||
instruction the district shall provide to the student before the | ||
student is administered the assessment instrument the third time. | ||
The grade placement committee shall be composed of the principal or | ||
the principal's designee, the student's parent or guardian, and the | ||
teacher of the subject of an assessment instrument on which the | ||
student failed to perform satisfactorily. The district shall | ||
notify the parent or guardian of the time and place for convening | ||
the grade placement committee and the purpose of the committee. An | ||
accelerated instruction group administered by a school district | ||
under this section may not have a ratio of more than 10 students for | ||
each teacher. | ||
(d) In addition to providing accelerated instruction to a | ||
student under Subsection (c), the district shall notify the | ||
student's parent or guardian of: | ||
(1) the student's failure to perform satisfactorily on | ||
the assessment instrument; and | ||
(2) the accelerated instruction program to which the | ||
student is assigned[ |
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fails to perform satisfactorily on an assessment instrument | ||
specified under Subsection (b), [ |
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committee established under Subsection (c) shall determine whether | ||
the student qualifies for promotion. In determining whether a | ||
student qualifies for promotion, the student's grade placement | ||
committee shall consider: | ||
(1) the recommendation of the student's teacher in | ||
each subject or course; | ||
(2) the student's grade in each subject or course; | ||
(3) the student's score on each applicable assessment | ||
instrument administered under Section 39.023; and | ||
(4) any other academic information designated for | ||
consideration by the board of trustees of the school district. | ||
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committee may decide in favor of a student's promotion only if the | ||
committee concludes, using standards adopted by the board of | ||
trustees, that if promoted and given accelerated instruction, the | ||
student is likely to perform at grade level. A student may not be | ||
promoted on the basis of the grade placement committee's decision | ||
unless the student completes all accelerated instruction | ||
recommended by the committee and the committee's [ |
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unanimous. The commissioner by rule shall establish a time line for | ||
making the placement determination. This subsection does not | ||
create a property interest in promotion. The decision of the grade | ||
placement committee is final and may not be appealed. | ||
(f) A school district shall provide to a student who, after | ||
three attempts, has failed to perform satisfactorily on an | ||
assessment instrument specified under Subsection (b) [ |
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accelerated instruction during the next school year as prescribed | ||
by an educational plan developed for the student by the student's | ||
grade placement committee established under Subsection (c). The | ||
district shall provide that accelerated instruction regardless of | ||
whether the student has been promoted or retained. The educational | ||
plan must be designed to enable the student to perform at the | ||
appropriate grade level by the conclusion of the school year. | ||
During the school year, the student shall be monitored to ensure | ||
that the student is progressing in accordance with the plan. The | ||
district shall administer to the student the assessment instrument | ||
for the grade level in which the student is placed at the time the | ||
district regularly administers the assessment instruments for that | ||
school year. | ||
(i) The admission, review, and dismissal committee of a | ||
student who participates in a district's special education program | ||
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satisfactorily on an assessment instrument specified under | ||
Subsection (b) [ |
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(b) shall determine: | ||
(1) the manner in which the student will participate | ||
in an accelerated instruction program under this section; and | ||
(2) whether the student will be promoted [ |
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under Subsections (e) and (e-1) [ |
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(n) A student who is promoted by a grade placement committee | ||
under this section must be assigned in each subject in which the | ||
student failed to perform satisfactorily on an assessment | ||
instrument specified under Subsection (b) [ |
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meets all state and federal qualifications to teach that subject | ||
and grade. | ||
SECTION 3. Sections 28.0211(a), (a-2), (g), (o), and (p), | ||
Education Code, are repealed. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act applies beginning with the 2017-2018 | ||
school year. | ||
SECTION 5. 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, 2017. |