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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to plans by a school district or open-enrollment charter |
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school for mitigating student learning loss due to the coronavirus |
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disease (COVID-19) pandemic. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 29, Education Code, is amended by adding |
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Subchapter O to read as follows: |
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SUBCHAPTER O. PLANS FOR MITIGATING LEARNING LOSS DUE TO COVID-19 |
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PANDEMIC |
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Sec. 29.601. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: |
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(1) "Learning loss" means any specific or general loss |
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of knowledge and skills or reversals in academic progress. |
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Sec. 29.602. SCHOOL YEARS AFFECTED BY CORONAVIRUS DISEASE. |
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For purposes of this subchapter, the school years affected by the |
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coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic include: |
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(1) the 2020-2021 school year; |
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(2) the 2021-2022 school year; and |
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(3) the 2022-2023 school year. |
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Sec. 29.603. LEARNING LOSS IDENTIFICATION. Each school |
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district and open-enrollment charter school shall identify each |
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student enrolled in the district or school who has experienced |
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learning loss during any school year affected by the coronavirus |
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disease pandemic. |
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Sec. 29.604. PLANS FOR MITIGATING LEARNING LOSS. |
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(a) Each school district and open-enrollment charter school |
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shall develop a plan to mitigate student learning loss as a result |
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of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. |
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(b) A school district or an open-enrollment charter school |
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shall make the methods included in the learning loss plan available |
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to any student identified as having experienced learning loss under |
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Section 29.603. |
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(c) A school district or an open-enrollment charter school |
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may prioritize any students that the district or school has |
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identified as most affected by the coronavirus disease pandemic. |
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Sec. 29.605 FUNDING TO IMPLEMENT PLANS TO MITIGATE LEARNING |
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LOSS. (a) The agency shall make federal funds available to school |
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districts and open-enrollment charter schools to implement the |
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plans developed under Sec. 29.604. |
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Sec. 29.606. RULES. The commissioner shall adopt necessary |
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rules to implement this subchapter. |
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Sec. 29.607. EXPIRATION. This subchapter expires September |
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1, 2025. |
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SECTION 2. 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, 2021. |