Texas Education Code

§ 28.02111 — FIRST THROUGH THIRD GRADE SUPPLEMENTARY SUPPORTS

ED § 28.02111Title 2. PUBLIC EDUCATION · Part F. CURRICULUM, PROGRAMS, AND SERVICES · Ch. 28. COURSES OF STUDY; ADVANCEMENT · Art. B. ADVANCEMENT, PLACEMENT, CREDIT, AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT RECORD

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(a)The commissioner shall establish and administer a program designed to help improve student proficiency in reading by providing a grant in an amount provided under Section 48.317 through which the student's parent may purchase tutoring services from agency-approved providers to:

(1)a student at or below the third grade level who, beginning in the first grade, is required to be provided reading interventions under Section 28.0064; and

(2)a student who is required to be provided accelerated instruction under Section 28.0211(a-1) based on the student's third grade performance.

(b)The agency shall approve as a provider of tutoring services under this section a classroom teacher employed by a school district or open-enrollment charter school who:

(1)holds a current teacher designation under Section 21.3521; and

(2)submits the teacher's name to the agency to offer tutoring services designed to help improve student proficiency in reading.

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1065 (H.B. 2), Sec. 5.11, eff. June 20, 2025.