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.