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Amend the Eissler amendment to HB 2217 as follows:
(1) On page 7, between lines 13 and 14, add the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill:
SECTION ____. Section 25.085(d), Education Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(d) Unless specifically exempted by Section 25.086, a
student enrolled in a school district must attend:
(1) an extended-year program for which the student is
eligible that is provided by the district for students identified
as likely not to be promoted to the next grade level or tutorial
classes required by the district under Section 29.084;
(2) an accelerated reading instruction program to
which the student is assigned under Section 28.006(g);
(3) an accelerated instruction program to which the
student is assigned under Section 28.0211;
(4) a basic skills program to which the student is
assigned under Section 29.086; [or]
(5) a summer program provided under Section 37.008(l)
or Section 37.021; or
(6) an intensive preparation academy to which the
student is assigned under Section 39.0252.
(2) On page 21, between lines 21 and 22, add the following
appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill:
SECTION ____. Subchapter B, Chapter 39, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 39.0252 to read as follows:
Sec. 39.0252. EXIT-LEVEL ASSESSMENT INSTRUMENT INTENSIVE
PREPARATION ACADEMIES. (a) This section applies only to a school
district with an enrollment of 5,000 or more students.
(b) For any school year in which state funds are
appropriated for purposes of this section, a school district in
which five percent or more of the students fail to perform
satisfactorily on an assessment instrument specified by Section
39.025(a) shall, at the end of the school year, operate an intensive
preparation academy to prepare those students to retake the
assessment instrument.
(c) An intensive preparation academy must:
(1) be operated for at least 30 school days;
(2) include instruction in the curriculum material
most likely to be included in the assessment instruments specified
by Section 39.025(a); and
(3) include instruction in strategies for performing
satisfactorily on the assessment instruments.
(d) A student who fails to perform satisfactorily on an
assessment instrument specified by Section 39.025(a) shall attend
each portion of an intensive preparation academy under this section
relating to that assessment instrument or to strategies described
by Subsection (c)(3).
(3) Renumber subsequent SECTIONS accordingly.