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1	1	88R1688 CXP-D
2	2	By: Vasut H.B. No. 1982
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to teacher literacy achievement academies and the
8	8	requirement for certain public school teachers and principals to
9	9	attend a teacher literacy achievement academy.
10	10	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
11	11	SECTION 1. Section 21.4552, Education Code, is amended by
12	12	adding Subsection (d-1) to read as follows:
13	13	(d-1) The commissioner is required to implement a provision
14	14	of this section only if the legislature appropriates money
15	15	specifically for that purpose. If the legislature does not
16	16	appropriate money specifically for that purpose, the commissioner
17	17	may, but is not required to, implement a provision of this section
18	18	using other appropriations available for that purpose.
19	19	SECTION 2. Section 28.006(g-1), Education Code, is amended
20	20	to read as follows:
21	21	(g-1) A school district shall provide additional reading
22	22	instruction and intervention to each student in seventh grade
23	23	assessed under Subsection (c-1), as appropriate to improve the
24	24	student's reading skills in the relevant areas identified through
25	25	the assessment instrument. Training and support for activities
26	26	required by this subsection shall be provided by regional education
27	27	service centers and any teacher literacy achievement academies made
28	28	available [established] under Section 21.4552, and may be provided
29	29	by other public and private providers.
30	30	SECTION 3. Section 28.0062(a), Education Code, is amended
31	31	to read as follows:
32	32	(a) Each school district and open-enrollment charter school
33	33	shall:
34	34	(1) provide for the use of a phonics curriculum that
35	35	uses systematic direct instruction in kindergarten through third
36	36	grade to ensure all students obtain necessary early literacy
37	37	skills;
38	38	(2) if the commissioner has made available teacher
39	39	literacy achievement academies under Section 21.4552, ensure that:
40	40	(A) [not later than the 2022-2023 school year,]
41	41	each classroom teacher in kindergarten or first, second, or third
42	42	grade and each principal at a campus with kindergarten or first,
43	43	second, or third grade has attended a teacher literacy achievement
44	44	academy [developed under Section 21.4552]; and
45	45	(B) each classroom teacher and each principal
46	46	initially employed in a grade level or at a campus described by
47	47	Paragraph (A) [for the 2022-2023 school year or a subsequent school
48	48	year] has attended a teacher literacy achievement academy
49	49	[developed under Section 21.4552] by the end of the teacher's or
50	50	principal's first year of placement in that grade level or campus;
51	51	and
52	52	(3) certify to the agency that the district or school:
53	53	(A) prioritizes placement of highly effective
54	54	teachers in kindergarten through second grade; and
55	55	(B) has integrated reading instruments used to
56	56	diagnose reading development and comprehension to support each
57	57	student in prekindergarten through third grade.
58	58	SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
59	59	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
60	60	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
61	61	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
62	62	Act takes effect September 1, 2023.