Relating to accelerated instruction for public school students who fail to achieve satisfactory performance on certain assessment instruments.
relating to accelerated instruction for public school students who
fail to achieve satisfactory performance on certain assessment
instruments.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 28.0211(a-1), Education Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(a-1) Each time a student fails to perform satisfactorily on
an assessment instrument administered under Section 39.023(a) or
(l) in the third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, or eighth grade or
an end-of-course assessment instrument administered under Section
39.023(c), other than an assessment instrument developed or adopted
based on alternative academic achievement standards, the school
district in which the student attends school shall provide to the
student accelerated instruction in the applicable subject area
[during the subsequent summer or school year] and, subject to
Subsections (a-7) and (a-8), either:
(1) allow the student to be assigned a classroom
teacher who is certified as a master, exemplary, or recognized
teacher under Section 21.3521 for the subsequent school year in the
applicable subject area; or
(2) provide the student supplemental instruction
under Subsection (a-4).
SECTION 2. Sections 28.0211(a-2) and (a-3), Education Code,
are repealed.
SECTION 3. This Act applies beginning with the 2025-2026
school year.
SECTION 4. 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, 2025.
