Texas Education Code

§ 28.006 — KINDERGARTEN READING READINESS

ED § 28.006Title 2. PUBLIC EDUCATION · Part F. CURRICULUM, PROGRAMS, AND SERVICES · Ch. 28. COURSES OF STUDY; ADVANCEMENT · Art. A. ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS; CURRICULUM

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(a)The commissioner shall develop recommendations for school districts for:

(1)administering reading instruments to measure students' foundational literacy skills in reading development and comprehension;

(2)training educators in administering the reading instruments; and

(3)applying the results of the reading instruments to the instructional program.

(b)The commissioner shall adopt a reading instrument that a school district shall use at the beginning of the school year to measure a kindergarten student's foundational literacy skills in reading development and comprehension. A reading instrument adopted under this subsection may include other developmental skills as part of a multidimensional assessment tool. A reading instrument adopted by the commissioner must be based on scientific research concerning foundational literacy skills in reading development and comprehension and provide for measuring the foundational literacy skills in reading development and comprehension of students, including students participating in a program under Subchapter B, Chapter 29. (b-1) The commissioner may approve not more than two alternative reading instruments for use in measuring the foundational literacy skills in reading development and comprehension of kindergarten students that complies with the requirements under Subsection (b).

(c)Repealed by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1065 (H.B. 2), Sec. 5.29(2), eff. June 20, 2025. (c-1) Repealed by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1065 (H.B. 2), Sec. 5.29(2), eff. June 20, 2025. (c-2) Not later than the 60th day after the beginning of the school year, each school district shall administer at the kindergarten level a reading instrument adopted by the commissioner under Subsection (b) or approved by the commissioner under Subsection (b-1). The district shall administer the reading instrument in accordance with the commissioner's recommendations under Subsection (a)(1) and policies developed by commissioner rule. (c-3) The commissioner by rule shall determine the performance on a reading instrument adopted or approved under this section that indicates kindergarten readiness. Each reading instrument adopted or approved under this section must provide for the ability to compare the performance that indicates kindergarten readiness on that instrument with the performance that indicates kindergarten readiness on other instruments adopted or approved under this section.

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Legislative history

Acts 2006, 79th Leg., 3rd C.S., Ch. 5 (H.B. 1), Sec. 3.05, eff. May 31, 2006. Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1058 (H.B. 2237), Sec. 6, eff. June 15, 2007. Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1340 (S.B. 1871), Sec. 1, eff. June 15, 2007. Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 895 (H.B. 3), Sec. 26, eff. June 19, 2009. Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1314 (S.B. 172), Sec. 1, eff. June 14, 2013. Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 324 (S.B. 1488), Sec. 21.003(16), eff. September 1, 2017. Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 450 (S.B. 2075), Sec. 2, eff. June 4, 2019. Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 943 (H.B. 3), Sec. 2.012, eff. June 12, 2019. Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 943 (H.B. 3), Sec. 2.012, eff. September 1, 2019. Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 943 (H.B. 3), Sec. 2.012, eff. June 12, 2019. Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 943 (H.B. 3), Sec. 4.001(a)(11), eff. September 1, 2019. Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 915 (H.B. 3607), Sec. 21.001(6), eff. September 1, 2021. Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1045 (S.B. 1267), Sec. 11, eff. June 18, 2021. Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1065 (H.B. 2), Sec. 5.08, eff. June 20, 2025. Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1065 (H.B. 2), Sec. 5.09, eff. June 20, 2025. Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1065 (H.B. 2), Sec. 5.29(2), eff. June 20, 2025.