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.