| 1 | 1 | | S.B. No. 2124 |
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| 4 | 4 | | AN ACT |
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| 5 | 5 | | relating to an advanced mathematics program for public school |
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| 6 | 6 | | students in middle school. |
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| 7 | 7 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 8 | 8 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 28, Education Code, is |
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| 9 | 9 | | amended by adding Section 28.029 to read as follows: |
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| 10 | 10 | | Sec. 28.029. MIDDLE SCHOOL ADVANCED MATHEMATICS PROGRAM. |
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| 11 | 11 | | (a) To increase the number of students who complete advanced |
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| 12 | 12 | | mathematics courses in high school, each school district and |
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| 13 | 13 | | open-enrollment charter school shall develop an advanced |
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| 14 | 14 | | mathematics program for middle school students that is designed to |
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| 15 | 15 | | enable those students to enroll in Algebra I in eighth grade. |
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| 16 | 16 | | (b) Under the program, subject to Subsection (c), a school |
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| 17 | 17 | | district or open-enrollment charter school shall automatically |
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| 18 | 18 | | enroll in an advanced mathematics course each sixth grade student |
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| 19 | 19 | | who performed in the top 40 percent on: |
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| 20 | 20 | | (1) the fifth grade mathematics assessment instrument |
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| 21 | 21 | | administered under Section 39.023(a); or |
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| 22 | 22 | | (2) a local measure that includes the student's fifth |
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| 23 | 23 | | grade class ranking or a demonstrated proficiency in the student's |
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| 24 | 24 | | fifth grade mathematics coursework. |
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| 25 | 25 | | (c) The parent or guardian of a student described by |
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| 26 | 26 | | Subsection (b) may opt the student out of automatic enrollment |
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| 27 | 27 | | under that subsection. |
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| 28 | 28 | | (d) The commissioner may adopt rules to implement this |
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| 29 | 29 | | section. |
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| 30 | 30 | | SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date |
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| 31 | 31 | | of this Act, each school district or open-enrollment charter school |
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| 32 | 32 | | shall develop the middle school advanced mathematics program |
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| 33 | 33 | | required by Section 28.029, Education Code, as added by this Act. |
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| 34 | 34 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 35 | 35 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 36 | 36 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 37 | 37 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 38 | 38 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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| 39 | 39 | | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 40 | 40 | | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 41 | 41 | | I hereby certify that S.B. No. 2124 passed the Senate on |
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| 42 | 42 | | April 27, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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| 43 | 43 | | ______________________________ |
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| 44 | 44 | | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 45 | 45 | | I hereby certify that S.B. No. 2124 passed the House on |
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| 46 | 46 | | May 12, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 138, Nays 2, |
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| 47 | 47 | | two present not voting. |
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| 48 | 48 | | ______________________________ |
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| 49 | 49 | | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 50 | 50 | | Approved: |
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| 51 | 51 | | ______________________________ |
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| 52 | 52 | | Date |
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| 53 | 53 | | ______________________________ |
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| 54 | 54 | | Governor |
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