82R5650 KKA-D
By: Shelton H.B. No. 1077
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to accelerated instruction for certain public school
students.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 29.081(b), Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(b) Each district shall provide accelerated instruction to
a student enrolled in the district [who has taken an end-of-course
assessment instrument administered under Section 39.023(c) and has
not performed satisfactorily on the assessment instrument or] who
is at risk of dropping out of school.
SECTION 2. Section 39.025(b-1), Education Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(b-1) Appropriate teachers selected by the campus principal
shall evaluate the performance of [A school district shall provide]
each student who fails to perform satisfactorily as determined by
the commissioner under Section 39.0241(a) on an end-of-course
assessment instrument and determine whether [with] accelerated
instruction in the subject assessed by the assessment instrument is
necessary. Accelerated instruction shall be provided to a student
if determined necessary in accordance with this subsection.
SECTION 3. This Act applies beginning with the 2011-2012
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, 2011.