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House Bill 753 |
House Author: Villarreal |
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Effective: 9-1-13 |
Senate Sponsor: Zaffirini |
House Bill 753 amends the Education Code to require a school district to include, as part of the annual notice provided to parents concerning supplemental educational services, information provided by the Texas Education Agency (TEA) that identifies characteristics of supplemental educational services that, based on rigorous research, have been demonstrated to be more likely to foster improvement in student academic performance and that sorts, for each subject for which supplemental educational services are provided, services providers serving district students according to the providers' level of effectiveness in improving student performance in the applicable subject area. The bill requires TEA and the commissioner of education, respectively, to develop and to establish by rule a process for approving and revoking approval for a supplemental educational services provider and requires TEA to maintain a publicly available list of approved providers. The bill also requires TEA to promptly investigate a complaint against an approved provider, promptly remove a provider whose approval has been revoked, and notify each appropriate school district of the removal; requires such a district to notify the appropriate parents of the removal; and permanently prohibits a provider whose approval has been revoked for fraudulent activity from acting as a provider in Texas.