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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to requiring a school district to notify certain parents |
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or guardians of a program providing students with reading |
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disabilities the ability to borrow audiobooks free of charge. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 28.006, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (g-2) to read as follows: |
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(g-2) A school district shall notify the parent or guardian |
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of each student in kindergarten or first, second, or seventh grade |
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determined, on the basis of a screening under Section 38.003 or |
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other basis, to have dyslexia or a related disorder, or |
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determined, on the basis of reading instrument results, to be at |
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risk for dyslexia or other reading difficulties, of the program |
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maintained by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission |
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providing students with reading disabilities the ability to borrow |
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audiobooks free of charge. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2019-2020 |
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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, 2019. |