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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a statewide literacy improvement plan for public |
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schools. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 29, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 29.937 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 29.937. STATEWIDE LITERACY IMPROVEMENT PLAN. (a) The |
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agency shall develop a statewide plan for improving literacy among |
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public school students in partnership with one or more |
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organizations, such as Literacy First, that provide tutoring |
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services, one-to-one literacy interventions, teacher and staff |
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training, instructional coaching, and other supports related to |
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improving literacy in early grades. |
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(b) In developing the plan under Subsection (a), the agency |
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shall include: |
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(1) a draft budget for implementation of the plan; and |
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(2) a strategy that provides for a staggered |
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implementation of the plan that begins in schools identified by the |
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agency as having the most need for literacy improvement and is |
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gradually expanded to each school district and open-enrollment |
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charter school in the state. |
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SECTION 2. The Texas Education Agency shall develop the |
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statewide literacy improvement plan under Section 29.937, |
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Education Code, as added by this Act, as soon as practicable and not |
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later than September 1, 2024. |
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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, 2023. |