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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to considering the assessment instrument results of |
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certain students in evaluating school district and campus |
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performance. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 39.054, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (d-2) and to read as follows: |
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(d-2) In evaluating performance under Subsection (c), the |
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commissioner may not consider the results of an assessment |
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instrument administered to a student under Section 39.023(a), (b), |
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(c), (l), or (n) for a period of three years after the student's |
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initial enrollment in a school in the United States if the student |
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is: |
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(1) a recent immigrant; and |
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(2) of limited English proficiency, as defined by |
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Section 29.052. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2011-2012 |
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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, 2011. |