83R21201 CAS-D
By: M. Gonzalez of El Paso, King of Taylor H.B. No. 2004
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2004:
By: Allen C.S.H.B. No. 2004
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the determination of certain exemptions from the
administration of state assessment instruments to public school
students and to the consideration of the performance of certain
students on state assessment instruments.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 39.027, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (a-2) to read as follows:
(a-2) Unless a student is enrolled in a school in the United
States for a period of at least 60 consecutive days during a year,
the student may not be considered to be enrolled in a school in the
United States for that year for the purpose of determining a number
of years under Subsection (a)(1), (2), or (3).
SECTION 2. Section 39.054, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (d-2) to read as follows:
(d-2) In evaluating performance under Subsection (c), the
commissioner may not lower a performance rating for purposes of
this chapter based on unsatisfactory performance on an assessment
instrument administered under Section 39.023(a), (b), (c), (l), or
(n) to a student for a period of two years after the student's
initial enrollment in a school in the United States if the student
is a student of limited English proficiency, as defined by Section
29.052. Unless a student is enrolled in a school in the United
States for a period of at least 60 consecutive days during a year,
the student may not be considered to be enrolled in a school in the
United States for that year for purposes of this subsection. This
subsection does not apply to a performance rating for purposes of:
(1) compliance monitoring under Section 7.028; or
(2) public school accountability under federal law.
SECTION 3. Sections 39.027(a-2) and 39.054(d-2), Education
Code, as added by this Act, apply to a student regardless of the
date on which the student initially enrolled in a school in the
United States.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.