H.B. No. 657
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to procedures for a student enrolled in a special
  education program who fails to perform satisfactorily on certain
  assessment instruments.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 28.0211, Education Code, is amended by
  amending Subsection (i) and adding Subsections (i-1) and (i-2) to
  read as follows:
         (i)  The admission, review, and dismissal committee of a
  student who participates in a district's special education program
  under Subchapter A [B], Chapter 29, and who does not perform
  satisfactorily on an assessment instrument specified under
  Subsection (a) and administered under Section 39.023(a) or (b) must
  meet before the student is administered the assessment instrument
  for the second time.  The committee shall determine:
               (1)  the manner in which the student will participate
  in an accelerated instruction program under this section; and
               (2)  whether the student will be promoted in accordance
  with Subsection (i-1) or retained under this section.
         (i-1)  At a meeting of the admission, review, and dismissal
  committee of a student under Subsection (i), the committee may
  promote the student to the next grade level if the committee
  concludes that the student has made sufficient progress in the
  measurable academic goals contained in the student's
  individualized education program developed under Section 29.005. A
  school district that promotes a student under this subsection is
  not required to provide an additional opportunity for the student
  to perform satisfactorily  on the assessment instrument.
         (i-2)  Not later than September 1 of each school year, a
  school district must notify the parent or person standing in
  parental relation to a student enrolled in the district's special
  education program under Subchapter A, Chapter 29, of the options of
  the admission, review, and dismissal committee under Subsections
  (i) and (i-1) if the student does not perform satisfactorily on an
  assessment instrument.
         SECTION 2.  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, 2017.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 657 was passed by the House on April
  27, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 130, Nays 14, 1 present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 657 was passed by the Senate on May
  19, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
                     Date          
   
            _____________________
                   Governor