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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to providing school districts electronic tutorials for |
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certain end-of-course assessment instruments required for |
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graduation. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 29, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 29.0845 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 29.0845. ELECTRONIC TUTORIALS FOR CERTAIN |
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END-OF-COURSE ASSESSMENT INSTRUMENT PREPARATION. (a) The agency |
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shall select three end-of-course assessment instruments listed in |
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Section 39.023(c) and develop three two-hour electronic tutorials |
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that provide a review of each course for which the applicable |
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end-of-course assessment instrument is administered. |
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(b) From funds appropriated for purposes of this section, |
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the agency shall make the tutorials developed under Subsection (a) |
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available to school districts. |
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(b-1) The agency shall provide the tutorials developed |
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under Subsection (a) not later than the 2020-2021 school year. This |
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subsection expires September 1, 2021. |
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(c) A school district may not be charged a fee for access to |
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a tutorial provided under this section or materials used in |
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conjunction with a tutorial. |
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(d) The commissioner shall adopt rules as necessary to |
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administer this section. |
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SECTION 2. The Texas Education Agency is required to |
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implement a provision of this Act only if the legislature |
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appropriates money specifically for that purpose. If the |
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legislature does not appropriate money specifically for that |
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purpose, the Texas Education Agency may, but is not required to, |
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implement a provision of this Act using other appropriations |
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available for that purpose. |
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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, 2019. |