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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to certain information to be provided by school districts |
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to parents concerning supplemental educational services and to |
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Texas Education Agency approval and investigation of supplemental |
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educational services providers. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 26, Education Code, is amended by adding |
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Section 26.0082 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 26.0082. SUPPLEMENTAL EDUCATIONAL SERVICES. (a) In |
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this section, "rigorous research" means research that includes: |
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(1) a study design that employs either a randomized |
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controlled trial or a quasi-experimental design; |
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(2) an adequate measure of outcomes; and |
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(3) reliable and valid results. |
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(b) As part of the annual notice a school district provides |
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to parents under 20 U.S.C. Section 6316(e)(2)(A) concerning |
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supplemental educational services, the district shall include |
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information provided to the district by the agency that: |
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(1) identifies characteristics of supplemental |
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educational services that, based on rigorous research, have been |
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demonstrated to be more likely to foster improvement in student |
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academic performance, including information concerning the minimum |
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number of hours of tutoring necessary for improved performance; and |
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(2) sorts, for each subject for which supplemental |
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educational services are provided, supplemental educational |
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services providers serving district students according to the |
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provider's level of effectiveness in improving student performance |
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in the applicable subject area. |
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(c) The agency shall develop and the commissioner by rule |
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shall establish a process for approving and revoking approval for a |
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supplemental educational services provider. The process must allow |
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the agency to use any publicly available information from any |
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published source in determining whether to approve an entity as a |
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provider, except that the agency may not use information that is |
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self-published or published by a provider for marketing purposes. |
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(d) The agency shall maintain a publicly available list of |
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approved providers. In accordance with standards established by |
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commissioner rule, the agency shall promptly investigate a |
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complaint against an approved provider and promptly remove from the |
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list of approved providers a provider for which agency approval has |
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been revoked. |
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(e) Not later than the fifth business day after the date on |
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which the agency removes a provider from the list of approved |
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providers, the agency shall send notice of the removal to each |
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appropriate school district. The district shall provide notice of |
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the removal to parents of appropriate students. |
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(f) A supplemental educational services provider for which |
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agency approval has been revoked because the agency determines that |
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the provider has engaged in fraudulent activity is permanently |
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prohibited from acting as a provider in this state. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |
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