82R5657 KKA-D
 
  By: Shelton H.B. No. 1076
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the student to teacher ratio applicable to accelerated
  instruction groups for certain public school students.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 28.0211(c), Education Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (c)  Each time a student fails to perform satisfactorily on
  an assessment instrument specified under Subsection (a), the school
  district in which the student attends school shall provide to the
  student accelerated instruction in the applicable subject area,
  including reading instruction for a student who fails to perform
  satisfactorily on a reading assessment instrument. After a student
  fails to perform satisfactorily on an assessment instrument a
  second time, a grade placement committee shall be established to
  prescribe the accelerated instruction the district shall provide to
  the student before the student is administered the assessment
  instrument the third time. The grade placement committee shall be
  composed of the principal or the principal's designee, the
  student's parent or guardian, and the teacher of the subject of an
  assessment instrument on which the student failed to perform
  satisfactorily. The district shall notify the parent or guardian
  of the time and place for convening the grade placement committee
  and the purpose of the committee. [An accelerated instruction
  group administered by a school district under this section may not
  have a ratio of more than 10 students for each teacher.]
         SECTION 2.  This Act applies beginning with the 2011-2012
  school year.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2011.