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House Bill 4545 |
House Author: Dutton |
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Effective: 6-16-21 |
Senate Sponsor: Taylor et al. |
House Bill 4545 amends the Education Code to remove student performance on certain statewide standardized tests, including performance on second and third attempts under certain circumstances, as a condition of grade promotion. The bill redesignates grade placement committees as accelerated learning committees and revises provisions relating to accelerated instruction. Among other provisions, the bill requires a public school district, for a student who fails to perform satisfactorily on an applicable test, to provide accelerated instruction to the student as well as either providing supplemental instruction, contingent on specified funding, or meeting certain conditions with regard to the qualifications of the student's assigned classroom teacher.
House Bill 4545 establishes the strong foundations grant program for campuses or programs serving prekindergarten through grade five students to implement a qualifying rigorous school approach that includes specified components. Grant funds may be used to pay for accelerated instruction required by the bill, among other authorized purposes. The bill authorizes the commissioner of education to impose the grant program's requirements on an applicable campus as a campus‑level accountability intervention.
House Bill 4545 sets out criteria for supplemental instruction funded by the grant program, the federal Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, or the federal American Rescue Plan Act of 2021.