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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to accelerated instruction for public school students who |
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fail to achieve satisfactory performance on certain assessment |
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instruments. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 28.0211(a-4) and (a-6), Education Code, |
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are amended to read as follows: |
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(a-4) If a district receives funding under Section 29.0881, |
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the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations |
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Act, 2021 (Div. M, Pub. L. No. 116-260), or the American Rescue Plan |
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Act of 2021 (Pub. L. No. 117-2), then supplemental instruction |
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provided by a school district under Subsection (a-1)(2) must: |
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(1) include targeted instruction in the essential |
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knowledge and skills for the applicable grade levels and subject |
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area; |
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(2) be provided in addition to instruction normally |
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provided to students in the grade level in which the student is |
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enrolled; |
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(3) be provided: |
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(A) for 10 [no less than 30] total hours, or more |
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hours if recommended by the school district and authorized by the |
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student's parent or guardian; |
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(B) during the subsequent summer or school year; |
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and |
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(C) according to a schedule the district |
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determines is most effective for the student [, unless the |
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instruction is provided fully during summer, include instruction no |
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less than once per week during the school year]; |
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(4) be designed to assist the student in achieving |
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satisfactory performance in the applicable grade level and subject |
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area; |
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(5) include effective instructional materials |
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designed for supplemental instruction; |
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(6) be provided to a student individually or in a group |
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of no more than six [three] students, unless the parent or guardian |
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of each student in the group authorizes a larger group; |
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(7) be provided by a person with training in the |
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applicable instructional materials for the supplemental |
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instruction and under the oversight of the school district; and |
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(8) to the extent possible, be provided by one person |
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for the entirety of the student's supplemental instruction period. |
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(a-6) The commissioner shall: |
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(1) provide guidelines to school districts on |
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research-based best practices and effective strategies that a |
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district may use in developing an accelerated instruction program; |
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(2) [and shall] provide resources to districts to |
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assist in the provision of an accelerated instruction program; and |
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(3) provide information to districts before the |
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beginning of each semester on effective uses for each resource |
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provided under Subdivision (2). |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2023-2024 |
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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, 2023. |