Bill Text: TX HB2005 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to providing accelerated instruction and eliminating certain requirements for public school grade-level promotion that are based on satisfactory performance on state assessment instruments.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-05 - Referred to Public Education [HB2005 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB2005-Introduced.html
86R1467 CAE-F | ||
By: Leach | H.B. No. 2005 |
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relating to providing accelerated instruction and eliminating | ||
certain requirements for public school grade-level promotion that | ||
are based on satisfactory performance on state assessment | ||
instruments. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. The heading to Section 28.0211, Education Code, | ||
is amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 28.0211. ACCELERATED LEARNING COMMITTEE [ |
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INSTRUCTION. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 28.0211, Education Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsections (a), (a-1), (a-3), (c), (f), (i), (k), and (n) | ||
and adding Subsections (f-1) and (f-2) to read as follows: | ||
(a) A district shall establish an accelerated learning | ||
committee described by Subsection (c) for each student who does not | ||
perform satisfactorily on: | ||
(1) the third grade mathematics or reading assessment | ||
instrument under Section 39.023; | ||
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(a-1) Each time a student fails to perform satisfactorily on | ||
an assessment instrument administered under Section 39.023(a) in | ||
the third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, or eighth grade, the | ||
school district in which the student attends school shall provide | ||
to the student accelerated instruction in the applicable subject | ||
area. Accelerated instruction may require participation of the | ||
student before or after normal school hours, [ |
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participation at times of the year outside normal school | ||
operations, and may be provided to the student during the | ||
subsequent school year. | ||
(a-3) The commissioner shall provide guidelines to | ||
districts on research-based best practices and effective | ||
strategies that a district may use in developing an accelerated | ||
instruction program. The commissioner may provide to districts | ||
available resources concerning research-based best practices and | ||
effective strategies that a district may use in developing an | ||
accelerated instruction program. | ||
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student fails to perform satisfactorily on an assessment instrument | ||
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principal's designee, the student's parent or guardian, and the | ||
teacher of the subject of an assessment instrument on which the | ||
student failed to perform satisfactorily. The district shall | ||
notify the parent or guardian of the time and place for convening | ||
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purpose of the committee. [ |
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(f) An accelerated learning [ |
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(1) develop an educational plan for the student that | ||
provides the necessary accelerated instruction for the student to | ||
achieve appropriate grade level performance; and | ||
(2) provide other assistance to the student in | ||
accordance with a policy adopted by the district board of trustees | ||
prescribing the role of accelerated learning committees in that | ||
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(f-1) The educational plan developed under Subsection | ||
(f)(1) must be designed to enable the student to perform at the | ||
appropriate grade level by the conclusion of the subsequent school | ||
year. During the school year, the student shall be monitored to | ||
ensure that the student is progressing in accordance with the plan. | ||
The district shall administer to the student the assessment | ||
instrument for the grade level in which the student is placed at the | ||
time the district regularly administers the assessment instruments | ||
for that school year. | ||
(f-2) If a student who fails to perform satisfactorily on an | ||
assessment instrument specified under Subsection (a) fails in the | ||
subsequent school year to perform satisfactorily on an assessment | ||
instrument in the same subject, the superintendent of the district | ||
or the superintendent's designee shall meet with the student's | ||
accelerated learning committee to: | ||
(1) identify the reason the student did not perform | ||
satisfactorily; and | ||
(2) determine, in order to ensure the student performs | ||
satisfactorily on the assessment instrument at the next opportunity | ||
for the student to be administered the assessment instrument, | ||
whether: | ||
(A) the educational plan developed for the | ||
student under Subsection (f) must be modified to provide the | ||
necessary accelerated instruction for that student; and | ||
(B) any additional resources are required for | ||
that student. | ||
(i) The admission, review, and dismissal committee of a | ||
student who participates in a district's special education program | ||
under Subchapter A, Chapter 29, and who does not perform | ||
satisfactorily on an assessment instrument specified under | ||
Subsection (a) and administered under Section 39.023(a) or (b) must | ||
meet before the student is administered the assessment instrument | ||
for the second time. The committee shall determine[ |
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(k) The commissioner shall adopt rules as necessary to | ||
implement this section[ |
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(n) A student who fails to perform satisfactorily on an | ||
assessment instrument specified under Subsection (a) and is | ||
promoted to the next grade level [ |
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each subject in which the student failed to perform satisfactorily | ||
on an assessment instrument specified under Subsection (a) to a | ||
teacher who meets all state and federal qualifications to teach | ||
that subject and grade. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 39.301(c), Education Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(c) Indicators for reporting purposes must include: | ||
(1) the percentage of graduating students who meet the | ||
course requirements established by State Board of Education rule | ||
for: | ||
(A) the foundation high school program; | ||
(B) the distinguished level of achievement under | ||
the foundation high school program; and | ||
(C) each endorsement described by Section | ||
28.025(c-1); | ||
(2) the results of the SAT, ACT, and certified | ||
workforce training programs described by Chapter 311, Labor Code; | ||
(3) for students who have failed to perform | ||
satisfactorily, under each performance standard under Section | ||
39.0241, on an assessment instrument required under Section | ||
39.023(a) or (c), the performance of those students on subsequent | ||
assessment instruments required under those sections, aggregated | ||
by grade level and subject area; | ||
(4) for each campus, the number of students, | ||
disaggregated by major student subpopulations, that take courses | ||
under the foundation high school program and take additional | ||
courses to earn an endorsement under Section 28.025(c-1), | ||
disaggregated by type of endorsement; | ||
(5) the percentage of students, aggregated by grade | ||
level, provided accelerated instruction under Section 28.0211 | ||
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subject of the assessment instrument on which each student failed | ||
to perform satisfactorily under each performance standard under | ||
Section 39.0241, and the performance of those students in the | ||
subsequent school year [ |
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instruments required under Section 39.023; | ||
(6) the percentage of students of limited English | ||
proficiency exempted from the administration of an assessment | ||
instrument under Sections 39.027(a)(1) and (2); | ||
(7) the percentage of students in a special education | ||
program under Subchapter A, Chapter 29, assessed through assessment | ||
instruments developed or adopted under Section 39.023(b); | ||
(8) the percentage of students who satisfy the college | ||
readiness measure; | ||
(9) the measure of progress toward dual language | ||
proficiency under Section 39.034(b), for students of limited | ||
English proficiency, as defined by Section 29.052; | ||
(10) the percentage of students who are not | ||
educationally disadvantaged; | ||
(11) the percentage of students who enroll and begin | ||
instruction at an institution of higher education in the school | ||
year following high school graduation; and | ||
(12) the percentage of students who successfully | ||
complete the first year of instruction at an institution of higher | ||
education without needing a developmental education course. | ||
SECTION 4. Sections 28.0211(a-2), (b), (d), (e), (i-1), and | ||
(i-2), Education Code, are repealed. | ||
SECTION 5. This Act applies beginning with the 2019-2020 | ||
school year. | ||
SECTION 6. 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, 2019. |