83R16534 JSL-D
By: Villarreal H.B. No. 753
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to certain information to be provided by school districts
to parents concerning supplemental educational services and to
Texas Education Agency approval and investigation of supplemental
educational services providers.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 26, Education Code, is amended by adding
Section 26.0082 to read as follows:
Sec. 26.0082. SUPPLEMENTAL EDUCATIONAL SERVICES. (a) In
this section, "rigorous research" means research that includes:
(1) a study design that employs either a randomized
controlled trial or a quasi-experimental design;
(2) an adequate measure of outcomes; and
(3) reliable and valid results.
(b) As part of the annual notice a school district provides
to parents under 20 U.S.C. Section 6316(e)(2)(A) concerning
supplemental educational services, the district shall include
information provided to the district by the agency that:
(1) identifies characteristics of supplemental
educational services that, based on rigorous research, have been
demonstrated to be more likely to foster improvement in student
academic performance, including information concerning the minimum
number of hours of tutoring necessary for improved performance; and
(2) sorts, for each subject for which supplemental
educational services are provided, supplemental educational
services providers serving district students according to the
provider's level of effectiveness in improving student performance
in the applicable subject area.
(c) The agency shall develop and the commissioner by rule
shall establish a process for approving and revoking approval for a
supplemental educational services provider. The agency shall
maintain a publicly available list of approved providers. In
accordance with standards established by commissioner rule, the
agency shall promptly investigate a complaint against an approved
provider and promptly remove from the list of approved providers a
provider for which agency approval has been revoked.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.