Bill Text: TX SB935 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the establishment of a reading excellence team pilot program.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: (Passed) 2015-05-28 - Effective immediately [SB935 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-SB935-Enrolled.html
| S.B. No. 935 | ||
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| relating to the establishment of a reading excellence team pilot | ||
| program. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 28, Education Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 28.0061 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 28.0061. READING EXCELLENCE TEAM PILOT PROGRAM. | ||
| (a) Using funds appropriated for that purpose, the commissioner | ||
| shall establish a reading excellence team pilot program in | ||
| accordance with this section. | ||
| (b) A school district is eligible to participate in the | ||
| pilot program if, as determined by the commissioner, the district | ||
| has low student performance on: | ||
| (1) a reading instrument administered in accordance | ||
| with Section 28.006(c); or | ||
| (2) a third grade reading assessment instrument | ||
| administered under Section 39.023(a). | ||
| (c) The pilot program must: | ||
| (1) establish reading excellence teams composed of | ||
| reading instruction specialists; | ||
| (2) allow an eligible school district to request the | ||
| assistance of a reading excellence team; and | ||
| (3) provide a reading excellence team to a requesting | ||
| eligible school district to: | ||
| (A) review with the district the results of the | ||
| assessments described under Subsection (b) to determine campuses | ||
| and classrooms for kindergarten through third grade with the | ||
| greatest need of assistance; and | ||
| (B) work with teachers on campuses and in | ||
| classrooms identified under Paragraph (A) to provide training | ||
| necessary to improve student reading outcomes. | ||
| (d) The commissioner shall adopt rules to administer this | ||
| section, including rules establishing qualifications and criteria | ||
| for selecting reading instruction specialists for a reading | ||
| excellence team. | ||
| (e) This section expires September 1, 2021. | ||
| SECTION 2. The commissioner of education shall establish | ||
| the pilot program under Section 28.0061, Education Code, as added | ||
| by this Act, not later than September 1, 2016. | ||
| 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, 2015. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 935 passed the Senate on | ||
| April 23, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 935 passed the House on | ||
| May 23, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 128, Nays 11, two | ||
| present not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| Approved: | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
