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Senate Bill 935 |
Senate Author: Kolkhorst et al. |
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Effective: 5-28-15 |
House Sponsor: Deshotel |
Senate Bill 935 amends the Education Code to require the commissioner of education to establish a reading excellence team pilot program. The bill makes a school district eligible to participate in the pilot program if the district has low student performance on the reading instrument administered at the kindergarten and first and second grade levels or on the third grade statewide standardized reading test. The pilot program must establish reading excellence teams composed of reading instruction specialists, allow an eligible school district to request a team's assistance, and provide a team to work with the requesting district to determine campuses and classrooms for kindergarten through third grade with the greatest need of assistance and with applicable teachers to provide training necessary to improve student reading outcomes.