Bill Text: TX SB1615 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the administration of accelerated instruction programs.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-03-20 - Referred to Education [SB1615 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-SB1615-Introduced.html
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| By: West | S.B. No. 1615 | |
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| relating to the administration of accelerated instruction | ||
| programs. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 28.0211, Education Code, is amended by | ||
| amending Subsections (c) and (m) and adding Subsections (m-1) and | ||
| (q) to read as follows: | ||
| (c) Each time a student fails to perform satisfactorily on | ||
| an assessment instrument specified under Subsection (a), the school | ||
| district in which the student attends school shall provide to the | ||
| student accelerated instruction in the applicable subject area, | ||
| including reading instruction for a student who fails to perform | ||
| satisfactorily on a reading assessment instrument. After a student | ||
| fails to perform satisfactorily on an assessment instrument 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. [ |
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| (m) The commissioner shall certify, not later than July 1 of | ||
| each school year or as soon as practicable thereafter, whether | ||
| sufficient funds have been appropriated statewide for the purposes | ||
| of this section. A determination by the commissioner is final and | ||
| may not be appealed. For purposes of certification, the | ||
| commissioner may consider the availability of: | ||
| (1) peer-reviewed and research-based instructional | ||
| tools; | ||
| (2) individualized instruction for students; | ||
| (3) diagnostic instruments to assess gaps in student | ||
| learning; | ||
| (4) current student performance information for | ||
| parents and teachers; | ||
| (5) information that allows administrators and | ||
| teachers to customize individual student remediation plans; and | ||
| (6) differentiated instruction for students. | ||
| (m-1) For purposes of certification under Subsection (m), | ||
| the commissioner may not consider Foundation School Program | ||
| funds. This section may be implemented only if the commissioner | ||
| certifies that sufficient funds have been appropriated during a | ||
| school year for administering the accelerated instruction programs | ||
| specified under this section, including teacher training for that | ||
| purpose. | ||
| (q) In fulfilling the requirements of this section, a school | ||
| district may provide Internet access to students beyond the school | ||
| day. | ||
| SECTION 2. 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, 2013. | ||
