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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to testing accommodations for a person with dyslexia |
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taking a licensing examination administered by a state agency. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. The heading to Chapter 54, Occupations Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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CHAPTER 54. EXAMINATION ON RELIGIOUS HOLY DAY; EXAMINATION |
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ACCOMMODATIONS FOR PERSON WITH DYSLEXIA |
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SECTION 2. Chapter 54, Occupations Code, is amended by |
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adding Section 54.003 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 54.003. EXAMINATION ACCOMMODATIONS FOR PERSON WITH |
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DYSLEXIA. (a) In this section, "dyslexia" has the meaning |
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assigned by Section 51.970, Education Code. |
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(b) For each licensing examination administered by a state |
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agency, the agency shall provide reasonable examination |
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accommodations to an examinee diagnosed as having dyslexia. |
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(c) Each state agency shall adopt rules necessary to |
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implement this section, including rules to establish the |
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eligibility criteria an examinee must meet for accommodation under |
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this section. |
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SECTION 3. (a) Each state agency that offers a licensing |
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examination shall adopt rules to implement Section 54.003, |
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Occupations Code, as added by this Act, not later than December 1, |
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2011. |
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(b) The change in law made by Section 54.003, Occupations |
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Code, as added by this Act, applies only to a licensing examination |
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offered by a state agency on or after January 1, 2012. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |