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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the compilation and reporting by the Texas Education |
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Agency of certain student data disaggregated by the instruction |
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method used. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 39.027(e), Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(e) The commissioner shall develop an assessment system |
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that shall be used for evaluating the academic progress, including |
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reading proficiency in English, of all students of limited English |
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proficiency, as defined by Section 29.052. A student who is exempt |
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from the administration of an assessment instrument under |
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Subsection (a)(3) or (4) who achieves reading proficiency in |
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English as determined by the assessment system developed under this |
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subsection shall be administered the assessment instruments |
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described by Sections 39.023(a) and (c). The performance under the |
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assessment system developed under this subsection of students to |
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whom Subsection (a)(3) or (4) applies shall be included in the |
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academic excellence indicator system under Section 39.051, the |
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performance report under Section 39.053, and the comprehensive |
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annual report under Section 39.182. This information shall be |
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provided in a manner that is disaggregated by the English language |
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instruction method used. |
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SECTION 2. Section 39.051, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows: |
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(b-1) Performance on the indicators described by |
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Subdivisions (1), (2), (3), (8), (9), (11), and (14) of Subsection |
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(b) must be based on information that is disaggregated by the method |
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of English language instruction used for students of limited |
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English proficiency, as defined by Section 29.052, or former |
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students of limited English proficiency. |
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SECTION 3. This Act applies beginning with the 2007-2008 |
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school year. |
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SECTION 4. 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. |