Bill Text: TX SB172 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to diagnosing the reading development and comprehension of public school kindergarten students.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 2)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective immediately [SB172 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-SB172-Enrolled.html
| S.B. No. 172 | ||
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| relating to diagnosing the reading development and comprehension of | ||
| public school kindergarten students. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subsection (b), Section 28.006, Education Code, | ||
| is amended to read as follows: | ||
| (b) The commissioner shall adopt a list of reading | ||
| instruments that a school district may use to diagnose student | ||
| reading development and comprehension. For use in diagnosing the | ||
| reading development and comprehension of kindergarten students, | ||
| the commissioner shall include on the commissioner's list at least | ||
| two multidimensional assessment tools. A multidimensional | ||
| assessment tool on the commissioner's list must either include a | ||
| reading instrument and test at least three developmental skills, | ||
| including literacy, or test at least two developmental skills, | ||
| other than literacy, and be administered in conjunction with a | ||
| separate reading instrument that is on a list adopted under this | ||
| subsection. A multidimensional assessment tool administered as | ||
| provided by this subsection is considered to be a reading | ||
| instrument for purposes of this section. A district-level | ||
| committee established under Subchapter F, Chapter 11, may adopt a | ||
| list of reading instruments for use in the district in addition to | ||
| the reading instruments on the commissioner's list. Each reading | ||
| instrument adopted by the commissioner or a district-level | ||
| committee must be based on scientific research concerning reading | ||
| 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. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2013-2014 | ||
| school year. | ||
| SECTION 3. 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. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 172 passed the Senate on | ||
| March 21, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 172 passed the House on | ||
| May 17, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 132, Nays 2, two | ||
| present not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| Approved: | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
