Amend CSHB 2238 (Senate committee printing) by adding the
following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to the bill and
renumbering subsequent SECTIONS accordingly:
SECTION ___. Section 28.006, Education Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (d) and adding Subsection (d-1) to read as
follows:
(d) The superintendent of each school district shall:
(1) report to the commissioner and the board of
trustees of the district the results of the reading instruments;
[and]
(2) report, in writing, to a student's parent or
guardian the student's results on the reading instrument; and
(3) using the school readiness certification system
provided to the school district in accordance with Section
29.161(e), report electronically each student's raw score on the
reading instrument to the agency for use in the school readiness
certification system.
(d-1) The agency shall contract with the State Center for
Early Childhood Development to receive and use scores under
Subsection (d)(3) on behalf of the agency.
SECTION ___. Section 29.161, Education Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsections (d) through (f) to
read as follows:
(c) The system must:
(1) be reflective of research in the field of early
childhood care and education;
(2) be well-grounded in the cognitive, social, and
emotional development of young children; [and]
(3) apply a common set of criteria to each program
provider seeking certification, regardless of the type of program
or source of program funding; and
(4) be capable of fulfilling the reporting and notice
requirements of Sections 28.006(d) and (g).
(d) The agency shall collect each student's raw score
results on the reading instrument administered under Section 28.006
from each school district using the system created under Subsection
(a) and shall contract with the State Center for Early Childhood
Development for purposes of this section.
(e) The State Center for Early Childhood Development shall,
using funds appropriated for the school readiness certification
system, provide the system created under Subsection (a) to each
school district to report each student's raw score results on the
reading instrument administered under Section 28.006.
(f) The agency shall:
(1) provide assistance to the State Center for Early
Childhood Development in developing and adopting the school
readiness certification system under this section, including
providing access to data for the purpose of locating the teacher and
campus of record for students; and
(2) require confidentiality and other security
measures for student data provided to the State Center for Early
Childhood Development as the agency's agent, consistent with the
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (20 U.S.C. Section
1232g).