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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to an advanced mathematics program for public school |
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students in middle school. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 28, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 28.029 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 28.029. MIDDLE SCHOOL ADVANCED MATHEMATICS PROGRAM. |
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(a) To increase the number of students who complete advanced |
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mathematics courses in high school, each school district and |
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open-enrollment charter school shall develop an advanced |
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mathematics program for middle school students that is designed to |
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enable those students to enroll in Algebra I in eighth grade. |
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(b) Under the program, subject to Subsection (c), a school |
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district or open-enrollment charter school shall automatically |
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enroll in an advanced mathematics course each sixth grade student |
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who performed in the top 40 percent on: |
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(1) the fifth grade mathematics assessment instrument |
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administered under Section 39.023(a); or |
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(2) a local measure that includes the student's fifth |
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grade class ranking or a demonstrated proficiency in the student's |
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fifth grade mathematics coursework. |
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(c) The parent or guardian of a student described by |
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Subsection (b) may opt the student out of automatic enrollment |
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under that subsection. |
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(d) The commissioner may adopt rules to implement this |
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section. |
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SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date |
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of this Act, each school district or open-enrollment charter school |
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shall develop the middle school advanced mathematics program |
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required by Section 28.029, Education Code, as added by this Act. |
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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. |