Bill Text: TX HB1699 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to a requirement that any information regarding state-administered assessment instruments provided by a school district or public school to a student's parent be printed in both English and Spanish.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-03-04 - Referred to Public Education [HB1699 Detail]

Download: Texas-2013-HB1699-Introduced.html

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83R8845 JSL-D
By: Farrar H.B. No. 1699

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a requirement that any information regarding
state-administered assessment instruments provided by a school
district or public school to a student's parent be printed in both
English and Spanish.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 39, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 39.038 to read as follows:
Sec. 39.038. INFORMATION REGARDING ASSESSMENT INSTRUMENTS;
PRINTING IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH REQUIRED. Any information
regarding assessment instruments required under Section 39.023
that is provided by a school district or school to a student's
parent must be printed in both English and Spanish.
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2013-2014
school year.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2013.