| 1 | 1 | | 88R9485 PRL-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Guerra H.B. No. 3304 |
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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 a study by the Texas Education Agency on the |
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| 8 | 8 | | administration of assessment instruments in Spanish to certain |
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| 9 | 9 | | public school students in grades six through eight. |
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| 10 | 10 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 11 | 11 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 39, Education Code, is |
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| 12 | 12 | | amended by adding Section 39.02303 to read as follows: |
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| 13 | 13 | | Sec. 39.02303. STUDY ON ADMINISTRATION OF CERTAIN |
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| 14 | 14 | | ASSESSMENT INSTRUMENTS IN SPANISH. (a) In this section, "emergent |
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| 15 | 15 | | bilingual student" has the meaning assigned by Section 29.052. |
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| 16 | 16 | | (b) The agency shall conduct a study regarding the |
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| 17 | 17 | | feasibility of administering assessment instruments adopted under |
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| 18 | 18 | | Section 39.023 and administered to students in grades six through |
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| 19 | 19 | | eight in Spanish for emergent bilingual students whose primary |
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| 20 | 20 | | language is Spanish. |
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| 21 | 21 | | (c) The study must: |
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| 22 | 22 | | (1) examine the extent to which not administering |
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| 23 | 23 | | assessment instruments adopted under Section 39.023 in Spanish to |
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| 24 | 24 | | emergent bilingual students in grades six through eight whose |
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| 25 | 25 | | primary language is Spanish limits the implementation of dual |
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| 26 | 26 | | language immersion/one-way and two-way program models in secondary |
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| 27 | 27 | | schools; |
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| 28 | 28 | | (2) include research regarding how to administer an |
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| 29 | 29 | | assessment instrument described by Subdivision (1) in a manner that |
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| 30 | 30 | | allows, to the extent practicable, the score an emergent bilingual |
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| 31 | 31 | | student receives on the assessment instrument to be statistically |
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| 32 | 32 | | useful for comparison, considering the limited number of emergent |
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| 33 | 33 | | bilingual students, to performance by students administered the |
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| 34 | 34 | | same instrument in English; and |
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| 35 | 35 | | (3) identify and develop a list of nationally |
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| 36 | 36 | | recognized norm-referenced assessment instruments available for |
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| 37 | 37 | | administration in Spanish to students enrolled in dual language |
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| 38 | 38 | | immersion/one-way and two-way programs. |
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| 39 | 39 | | (d) Not later than December 1, 2024, the agency shall |
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| 40 | 40 | | prepare and submit to the legislature a report on the results of the |
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| 41 | 41 | | study and any recommendations for legislative or other action. |
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| 42 | 42 | | (e) This section expires September 1, 2025. |
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| 43 | 43 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 44 | 44 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 45 | 45 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 46 | 46 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 47 | 47 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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