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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. Section 28.0211(a-1), Education Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(a-1) Each time a student fails to perform satisfactorily on |
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an assessment instrument administered under Section 39.023(a) or |
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(l) in the third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, or eighth grade or |
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an end-of-course assessment instrument administered under Section |
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39.023(c), other than an assessment instrument developed or adopted |
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based on alternative academic achievement standards, the school |
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district in which the student attends school shall provide to the |
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student accelerated instruction in the applicable subject area |
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[during the subsequent summer or school year] and, subject to |
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Subsections (a-7) and (a-8), either: |
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(1) allow the student to be assigned a classroom |
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teacher who is certified as a master, exemplary, or recognized |
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teacher under Section 21.3521 for the subsequent school year in the |
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applicable subject area; or |
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(2) provide the student supplemental instruction |
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under Subsection (a-4). |
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SECTION 2. Sections 28.0211(a-2) and (a-3), Education Code, |
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are repealed. |
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SECTION 3. This Act applies beginning with the 2025-2026 |
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school year. |
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SECTION 4. 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, 2025. |