Texas Education Code

§ 29.081 — COMPENSATORY, INTENSIVE, AND ACCELERATED INSTRUCTION

ED § 29.081Title 2. PUBLIC EDUCATION · Part F. CURRICULUM, PROGRAMS, AND SERVICES · Ch. 29. EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS · Art. C. COMPENSATORY EDUCATION PROGRAMS

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(a)Each school district shall use the student performance data resulting from the basic skills assessment instruments and achievement tests administered under Subchapter B, Chapter 39, to design and implement appropriate compensatory, intensive, or accelerated instructional services for students in the district's schools that enable the students to be performing at grade level at the conclusion of the next regular school term.

(b)Each district shall provide accelerated instruction to a student enrolled in the district who has taken an end-of-course assessment instrument administered under Section 39.023(c) and has not performed satisfactorily on the assessment instrument or who is at risk of dropping out of school. (b-1) Each school district shall offer before the next scheduled administration of the assessment instrument, without cost to the student, additional accelerated instruction to each student in any subject in which the student failed to perform satisfactorily on an end-of-course assessment instrument required for graduation. (b-2) A district that is required to provide accelerated instruction under Subsection (b-1) shall separately budget sufficient funds, including funds under Section 48.104, for that purpose. (b-3) A district shall evaluate the effectiveness of accelerated instruction programs under Subsection (b-1) and annually hold a public hearing to consider the results.

(c)Each school district shall evaluate and document the effectiveness of the accelerated instruction in reducing any disparity in performance on assessment instruments administered under Subchapter B, Chapter 39, or disparity in the rates of high school completion between students at risk of dropping out of school and all other district students.

(d)For purposes of this section, "student at risk of dropping out of school" includes each student who:

(1)is under 26 years of age and who:

(A)except as provided by Subsection (h) or if retained for prekindergarten under Section 28.02124, was not advanced from one grade level to the next for one or more school years;

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Legislative history

Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1312 (S.B. 1031), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2007. Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 690 (H.B. 2703), Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 2009. Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 211 (H.B. 5), Sec. 20, eff. June 10, 2013. Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 317 (H.B. 7), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2017. Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1094 (H.B. 3706), Sec. 1, eff. June 15, 2017. Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 403 (S.B. 1746), Sec. 1, eff. June 2, 2019. Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 597 (S.B. 668), Sec. 1.06, eff. June 10, 2019. Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 943 (H.B. 3), Sec. 3.029, eff. September 1, 2019. Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1060 (H.B. 1051), Sec. 2, eff. June 14, 2019. Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 195 (S.B. 1615), Sec. 19, eff. May 31, 2021. Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 478 (H.B. 572), Sec. 1, eff. June 14, 2021. Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 887 (S.B. 1697), Sec. 5, eff. June 16, 2021. Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 915 (H.B. 3607), Sec. 5.008, eff. September 1, 2021. Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 973 (S.B. 2066), Sec. 16, eff. September 1, 2021. Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 940 (S.B. 1647), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2023. Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 5 (S.B. 569), Sec. 6, eff. May 6, 2025. Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 489 (S.B. 991), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2025.