| (a) Each school district and open-enrollment charter
school shall develop a middle school advanced mathematics program
for students in Grades 6-8 to enable students to enroll in Algebra
I in Grade 8.
(b) Each school district and open-enrollment charter
school shall identify a local measure for use in determining student
eligibility for automatic enrollment in a middle school advanced mathematics
program.
(c) School districts and open-enrollment charter schools
shall automatically enroll in a middle school advanced mathematics
program each Grade 6 student whose performance was either:
(1) in the 60th percentile or higher on statewide scores
for the Grade 5 mathematics assessment instrument administered under
Texas Education Code, §39.023(a); or
(2) in the top 40% on a local measure that includes
the student's Grade 5 class ranking or a demonstrated proficiency
in the student's Grade 5 mathematics coursework.
(d) A local measure shall be used to determine enrollment
of Grade 6 students for whom there are no results on the state Grade
5 mathematics assessment.
(e) A school district or open-enrollment charter school
shall make public the criteria for automatic enrollment in a middle
school advanced mathematics program, including any criteria for a
local measure, before the start of each school year.
(f) The parent or guardian of a student who will be
automatically enrolled in a middle school advanced mathematics program
may opt the student out of automatic enrollment in an advanced mathematics
program.
(g) Each school district and open-enrollment charter
school shall provide a written notice to the parent or guardian of
each student entering Grade 6 who will be automatically enrolled in
a middle school advanced mathematics program. The written notification
shall be provided no later than 14 days before the first day of instruction
for the school year. The required notice shall include a description
of:
(1) the purpose of the program;
(2) the middle school advanced mathematics program
offered by the school district or open-enrollment charter school,
including an overview of the content addressed at each grade level;
(3) resources offered to support student success;
(4) the right of the parent or guardian to opt their
child out of the middle school advanced mathematics program; and
(5) the process for a parent or guardian to opt their
child out of the program and any associated deadlines.
(h) A school district or open-enrollment charter school
shall obtain written approval from the parent or guardian to remove
a student from the middle school advanced mathematics program.
(i) Each school district and open-enrollment charter
school shall annually report to the Texas Education Agency (TEA) data
related to student enrollment and performance in the middle school
advanced mathematics program in a manner and time to be determined
by TEA.
(j) This section does not prohibit a school district
or open-enrollment charter school from establishing a process to initially
enroll Grade 7 or 8 students in a middle school advanced mathematics
program.
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