88R13133 GCB-D
By: Guerra H.B. No. 4135
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a statewide literacy improvement plan for public
schools.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 29, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 29.937 to read as follows:
Sec. 29.937. STATEWIDE LITERACY IMPROVEMENT PLAN. (a) The
agency shall develop a statewide plan for improving literacy among
public school students in partnership with one or more
organizations, such as Literacy First, that provide tutoring
services, one-to-one literacy interventions, teacher and staff
training, instructional coaching, and other supports related to
improving literacy in early grades.
(b) In developing the plan under Subsection (a), the agency
shall include:
(1) a draft budget for implementation of the plan; and
(2) a strategy that provides for a staggered
implementation of the plan that begins in schools identified by the
agency as having the most need for literacy improvement and is
gradually expanded to each school district and open-enrollment
charter school in the state.
SECTION 2. The Texas Education Agency shall develop the
statewide literacy improvement plan under Section 29.937,
Education Code, as added by this Act, as soon as practicable and not
later than September 1, 2024.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2023.