81R4281 PAM-D
By: Giddings H.B. No. 522
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to intensive preparation academies in certain school
districts to prepare public school students to take required
end-of-course assessment instruments.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 39, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 39.0251 to read as follows:
Sec. 39.0251. END-OF-COURSE ASSESSMENT INSTRUMENT
INTENSIVE PREPARATION ACADEMIES. (a) This section applies only to
a school district with an enrollment of 5,000 or more students.
(b) For any school year in which state funds are
appropriated for purposes of this section, a school district in
which five percent or more of the students fail to perform
satisfactorily on an assessment instrument required under Section
39.025(a) shall, at the end of the school year, operate an intensive
preparation academy to prepare those students to retake the
assessment instrument.
(c) An intensive preparation academy must:
(1) be operated for at least 30 school days;
(2) include instruction in the curriculum material
most likely to be included in the assessment instruments required
under Section 39.025(a); and
(3) include instruction in strategies for performing
satisfactorily on the assessment instruments.
(d) A student who fails to perform satisfactorily on an
assessment instrument required under Section 39.025(a) shall
attend each portion of an intensive preparation academy under this
section relating to that assessment instrument or to strategies
described by Subsection (c)(3).
(e) For purposes of this section, satisfactory performance
on an assessment instrument is determined by the State Board of
Education under Section 39.024.
SECTION 2. Section 25.085(d), Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(d) Unless specifically exempted by Section 25.086, a
student enrolled in a school district must attend:
(1) an extended-year program for which the student is
eligible that is provided by the district for students identified
as likely not to be promoted to the next grade level or tutorial
classes required by the district under Section 29.084;
(2) an accelerated reading instruction program to
which the student is assigned under Section 28.006(g);
(3) an accelerated instruction program to which the
student is assigned under Section 28.0211;
(4) a basic skills program to which the student is
assigned under Section 29.086; [or]
(5) a summer program provided under Section 37.008(l)
or Section 37.021; or
(6) an intensive preparation academy to which the
student is assigned under Section 39.0251.
SECTION 3. This Act applies beginning with the 2009-2010
school year.
SECTION 4. 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, 2009.