| 1 | 1 | | By: Bucy H.B. No. 59 |
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| 4 | 4 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 5 | 5 | | AN ACT |
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| 6 | 6 | | relating to a universal screening process for a school district's |
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| 7 | 7 | | program for gifted and talented students. |
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| 8 | 8 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 9 | 9 | | SECTION 1. Section 29.122, Education Code, is amended by |
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| 10 | 10 | | adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: |
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| 11 | 11 | | (a-1) A school district shall, if feasible, use the |
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| 12 | 12 | | universal screening process adopted under Subsection (a) to screen |
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| 13 | 13 | | each second grade student enrolled in the district to identify |
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| 14 | 14 | | gifted and talented students for the district's program. |
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| 15 | 15 | | SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2023-2024 |
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| 16 | 16 | | school year. |
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| 17 | 17 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 18 | 18 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 19 | 19 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 20 | 20 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 21 | 21 | | Act takes effect on the 91st day after the last day of the |
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| 22 | 22 | | legislative session. |
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