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Amend CSHB 579 (house committee report) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____. Section 39.023, Education Code, is amended by adding Subsection (b-2) to read as follows:
(b-2) The agency shall ensure that a student receives an accommodation applicable to assessment instruments during the administration of an assessment instrument under this section if that accommodation is specified in the student's:
(1) individualized education program created under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. Section 1400 et seq.); or
(2) plan created under Section 504, Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. Section 794).