By Garcia H.B. No. 3606 77R4108 ESH-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the use for accountability purposes of the results of 1-3 state assessment instruments administered in Spanish to certain 1-4 public school students. 1-5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-6 SECTION 1. Section 39.073, Education Code, is amended by 1-7 adding Subsection (f) to read as follows: 1-8 (f) In reviewing the performance of a district or campus, 1-9 the agency may not include the performance of a student on an 1-10 assessment instrument administered under Section 39.023(l) for the 1-11 first year in which the student is assessed under that section. 1-12 SECTION 2. Section 39.073(f), Education Code, as added by 1-13 this Act, applies to a performance review of a school district or 1-14 campus for the 2000-2001 and later school years. 1-15 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 1-16 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 1-17 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this 1-18 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 1-19 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.