By Turner of Harris, Hochberg H.B. No. 3631
77R9949 CAS-D
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. Sections 28.0211(n) and (o), Education Code, are
1-7 amended to read as follows:
1-8 (n) This section applies to the assessment instrument
1-9 administered to students in:
1-10 (1) the third grade beginning with the 2003-2004
1-11 [2002-2003] school year;
1-12 (2) the fifth grade beginning with the 2005-2006
1-13 [2004-2005] school year; and
1-14 (3) the eighth grade beginning with the 2008-2009
1-15 [2007-2008] school year.
1-16 (o) Subsection (n) and this subsection expire September 1,
1-17 2009 [January 1, 2008].
1-18 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.