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Amend CSSB 1108 by adding the following appropriately
numbered SECTION to the bill and renumbering the subsequent
SECTIONS accordingly:
SECTION __. Subchapter B, Chapter 28, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 28.0212 to read as follows:
Sec. 28.0212. INTENSIVE PROGRAM OF INSTRUCTION. (a) A
school district shall offer an intensive program of instruction to
a student who does not perform satisfactorily on an assessment
instrument administered under Subchapter B, Chapter 39.
(b) A school district shall design the intensive program of
instruction described by Subsection (a) to:
(1) enable the student to:
(A) to the extent practicable, perform at the
student's grade level at the conclusion of the next regular school
term; or
(B) attain a standard of annual growth specified
by the school district and reported by the district to the agency;
and
(2) if applicable, carry out the purposes of Section
28.0211.
(c) A school district shall use funds appropriated by the
legislature for an intensive program of instruction to plan and
implement intensive instruction and other activities aimed at
helping a student satisfy state and local high school graduation
requirements. The commissioner shall distribute funds to districts
that implement a program under this section based on the number of
students identified by the district who:
(1) do not perform satisfactorily on an assessment
instrument administered under Subchapter B, Chapter 39; or
(2) are not likely to receive a high school diploma
before the fifth school year following the student's enrollment in
grade nine, as determined by the district.
(d) A school district's determination of the
appropriateness of a program for a student under this section is
final and does not create a cause of action.