| 1 | 1 | | 88R13133 GCB-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Guerra H.B. No. 4135 |
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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 statewide literacy improvement plan for public |
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| 8 | 8 | | schools. |
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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. Subchapter Z, Chapter 29, Education Code, is |
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| 11 | 11 | | amended by adding Section 29.937 to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Sec. 29.937. STATEWIDE LITERACY IMPROVEMENT PLAN. (a) The |
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| 13 | 13 | | agency shall develop a statewide plan for improving literacy among |
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| 14 | 14 | | public school students in partnership with one or more |
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| 15 | 15 | | organizations, such as Literacy First, that provide tutoring |
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| 16 | 16 | | services, one-to-one literacy interventions, teacher and staff |
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| 17 | 17 | | training, instructional coaching, and other supports related to |
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| 18 | 18 | | improving literacy in early grades. |
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| 19 | 19 | | (b) In developing the plan under Subsection (a), the agency |
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| 20 | 20 | | shall include: |
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| 21 | 21 | | (1) a draft budget for implementation of the plan; and |
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| 22 | 22 | | (2) a strategy that provides for a staggered |
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| 23 | 23 | | implementation of the plan that begins in schools identified by the |
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| 24 | 24 | | agency as having the most need for literacy improvement and is |
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| 25 | 25 | | gradually expanded to each school district and open-enrollment |
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| 26 | 26 | | charter school in the state. |
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| 27 | 27 | | SECTION 2. The Texas Education Agency shall develop the |
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| 28 | 28 | | statewide literacy improvement plan under Section 29.937, |
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| 29 | 29 | | Education Code, as added by this Act, as soon as practicable and not |
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| 30 | 30 | | later than September 1, 2024. |
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| 31 | 31 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 32 | 32 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 33 | 33 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 34 | 34 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 35 | 35 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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