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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a school district's duty to notify certain parents or |
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guardians of a program providing students with reading disabilities |
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the ability to borrow audiobooks free of charge. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 28.006(g-2), Education Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(g-2) In accordance with a notification program developed |
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by the commissioner by rule, a school district shall notify the |
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parent or guardian of each student determined, on the basis of a |
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screening under Section 38.003 or other basis, to have a reading |
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disability or dyslexia or a related disorder[, or determined, on |
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the basis of reading instrument results, to be at risk for dyslexia |
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or other reading difficulties,] of the program maintained by the |
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Texas State Library and Archives Commission providing students with |
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reading disabilities the ability to borrow audiobooks free of |
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charge. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2023-2024 |
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school year. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |