| 1 | 1 | | By: Carona S.B. No. 172 |
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| 2 | 2 | | (Ratliff) |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to diagnosing the reading development and comprehension of |
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| 8 | 8 | | public school kindergarten students. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Subsection (b), Section 28.006, Education Code, |
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| 11 | 11 | | is amended to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (b) The commissioner shall adopt a list of reading |
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| 13 | 13 | | instruments that a school district may use to diagnose student |
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| 14 | 14 | | reading development and comprehension. For use in diagnosing the |
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| 15 | 15 | | reading development and comprehension of kindergarten students, |
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| 16 | 16 | | the commissioner shall include on the commissioner's list at least |
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| 17 | 17 | | two multidimensional assessment tools. A multidimensional |
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| 18 | 18 | | assessment tool on the commissioner's list must either include a |
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| 19 | 19 | | reading instrument and test at least three developmental skills, |
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| 20 | 20 | | including literacy, or test at least two developmental skills, |
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| 21 | 21 | | other than literacy, and be administered in conjunction with a |
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| 22 | 22 | | separate reading instrument that is on a list adopted under this |
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| 23 | 23 | | subsection. A multidimensional assessment tool administered as |
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| 24 | 24 | | provided by this subsection is considered to be a reading |
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| 25 | 25 | | instrument for purposes of this section. A district-level |
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| 26 | 26 | | committee established under Subchapter F, Chapter 11, may adopt a |
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| 27 | 27 | | list of reading instruments for use in the district in addition to |
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| 28 | 28 | | the reading instruments on the commissioner's list. Each reading |
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| 29 | 29 | | instrument adopted by the commissioner or a district-level |
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| 30 | 30 | | committee must be based on scientific research concerning reading |
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| 31 | 31 | | skills development and reading comprehension. A list of reading |
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| 32 | 32 | | instruments adopted under this subsection must provide for |
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| 33 | 33 | | diagnosing the reading development and comprehension of students |
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| 34 | 34 | | participating in a program under Subchapter B, Chapter 29. |
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| 35 | 35 | | SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2013-2014 |
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| 36 | 36 | | school year. |
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| 37 | 37 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 38 | 38 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 39 | 39 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 40 | 40 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 41 | 41 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |
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