HB4128 - Relating to accelerated instruction for public school students who fail to achieve satisfactory performance on certain assessment instruments.

  89R13388 BCH-F     By: Shaheen H.B. No. 4128       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   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  Sections 28.0211(a-2) and (a-3), Education Code,   are repealed.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.