By Hochberg H.B. No. 2552 Line and page numbers may not match official copy. Bill not drafted by TLC or Senate E&E. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to academic standards and assessments for Texas school 1-3 children. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Section 29, Subchapter D, Education Code, is 1-6 amended by adding Section 29.125 to read as follows: 1-7 Section 29.125. STUDENT ASSESSMENT STANDARDS. (a) The Texas 1-8 Education Agency shall develop assessment standards for grades 1-9 four, eight and exit for student products that are developed as 1-10 part of services for gifted students. 1-11 (b) Beginning in 2003, the superintendent or designee shall 1-12 present annual reports to local boards of trustees on the level of 1-13 attainment achieved by students participating in services for 1-14 gifted students. 1-15 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1999. 1-16 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 1-17 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-18 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-19 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 1-20 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.