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Floor Packet Page No. 80
Amend CSSB 1 as follows:
(1) In Article III of the bill, following the appropriation to the Texas Education Agency (page III-13), add the following
appropriately numbered rider:
____. Intensive Reading Instruction and English Language
Proficiency Pilot Program. From the funds appropriated for the
Student Success Initiative and from state and Federal ESL/LEP
funds, the Commissioner may set aside $3 million for establishing
an intensive reading instruction and English language proficiency
pilot program for schools that have failed to improve student
performance in reading and English language proficiency. The pilot
program must require the use of neuroscience-based, scientifically
validated programs, interventions, or instructional tools that are
proven to accelerate learning, cognitive ability, and English
language proficiency. The pilot program must provide for
participating schools to perform assessments on participating
students prior to entering the program, and upon completion of the
program to measure improvements in both their reading and English
language proficiency. A school identified as eligible to
participate in the pilot program shall implement only those
interventions, programs, or instructional tools approved by the
Commissioner.
(2) In Article XI of the bill, in the supplemental
appropriations to the Texas Education Agency (page XI-13), strike
the new rider for the intensive reading instruction and English
language proficiency pilot program.