By Turner of Harris, Hochberg H.B. No. 3631
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to implementation of policies requiring successful
1-3 performance on assessment instruments for advancement to certain
1-4 grade levels in public schools.
1-5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-6 SECTION 1. Section 28.0211, Education Code, is amended by
1-7 amending Subsections (n) and (o) and adding Subsections (p) and (q)
1-8 to read as follows:
1-9 (n) This section applies to the assessment instrument
1-10 administered to students in:
1-11 (1) the third grade beginning with the 2003-2004
1-12 [2002-2003] school year;
1-13 (2) the fifth grade beginning with the 2005-2006
1-14 [2004-2005] school year; and
1-15 (3) the eighth grade beginning with the 2008-2009
1-16 [2007-2008] school year.
1-17 (o) Subsection (n) and this subsection expire September 1,
1-18 2009 [January 1, 2008].
1-19 (p) The admission, review, and dismissal committee of a
1-20 student in third, fifth, or eighth grade who participates in a
1-21 district's special education program under Subchapter B, Chapter
1-22 29, and who does not perform satisfactorily on an assessment
1-23 instrument specified under Subsection (a) and administered under
1-24 Section 39.023(a) or (b) shall determine the manner in which the
2-1 student will participate in an accelerated instruction program
2-2 under this section based on the schedule prescribed by this
2-3 subsection for providing accelerated instruction to students who do
2-4 not participate in a district's special education program.
2-5 Notwithstanding Subsection (n), Subsections (b), (c), (f), (j), and
2-6 (k) apply to students in:
2-7 (1) the third grade beginning with the 2002-2003
2-8 school year;
2-9 (2) the fifth grade beginning with the 2004-2005
2-10 school year; and
2-11 (3) the eighth grade beginning with the 2007-2008
2-12 school year.
2-13 (q) Subsection (p) and this subsection expire September 1,
2-14 2008.
2-15 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.