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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to restricting students who fail to perform satisfactorily |
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on state-administered assessment instruments from participating in |
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extracurricular activities. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 33.081, Education Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (d-1) to read as |
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follows: |
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(c) A student who is enrolled in a school district in this |
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state or who participates in a University Interscholastic League |
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competition shall be suspended from participation in any |
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extracurricular activity sponsored or sanctioned by the school |
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district or the University Interscholastic League after a grade |
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evaluation period in which the student received a grade lower than |
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the equivalent of 70 on a scale of 100 in any academic class other |
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than an identified honors or advanced class. A suspension |
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continues for at least three school weeks and is not removed during |
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the school year until the conditions of Subsection (d) are met. A |
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suspension under this subsection does not last beyond the end of a |
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school year. For purposes of this subsection, "grade evaluation |
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period" means: |
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(1) the six-week grade reporting period; or |
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(2) the first six weeks of a semester and each grade |
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reporting period thereafter, in the case of a district with a grade |
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reporting period longer than six weeks. |
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(d-1) A student who is enrolled in a school district in this |
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state or who participates in a University Interscholastic League |
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competition shall be suspended from participation in any |
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extracurricular activity sponsored or sanctioned by the school |
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district or the University Interscholastic League for the first six |
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weeks of the school year following a school year in which the |
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student did not perform satisfactorily on an assessment instrument |
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administered under Section 39.023(a), (c), or (l) any of the times |
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that the particular assessment instrument was administered to the |
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student. |
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SECTION 2. Section 33.081(d-1), Education Code, as added by |
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this Act, applies beginning with the 2008-2009 school year based on |
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student performance on an assessment instrument administered under |
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Section 39.023(a), (c), or (l), Education Code, during the |
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2007-2008 school year. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |