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HB 1416

Texas students have experienced academic growth post-Covid but learning acceleration is still critically needed, particularly in math. On the 2022 STAAR, 52% of students met grade level expectations in Reading Language Arts and only 40% of students met grade level in math.1 

Evidence suggests that high impact tutoring can have a significant impact on student outcomes for students.   

  • A 2020 meta-analysis of 96 studies of high-quality tutoring programs found that students made 5 months of additional progress on average.2  
  • The average effect of tutoring programs on student achievement is larger than the effects found in approximately 85% of studies evaluating education interventions and equivalent to moving a student at the 35th percentile of the achievement distribution to the 50th.3 

Texas law requires all students who do not achieve approaches or higher on STAAR grades 3 through 8 or EOC assessments be provided accelerated instruction. These requirements, modified by House Bill 4545 of the 87th legislature and recently updated with the passage of House Bill 1416 in the 88th legislature, provide that qualifying students must be: 

  • Assigned a TIA designated teacher for the subsequent school year in the applicable subject area; 

OR 

  • Provided supplemental instruction aligned with the research on high impact tutoring in the TEKS for the applicable grade levels and subject area in the following manner: 
  • No less than 15 or 30 hours depending on student performance and is provided in the summer or at least once per week in the school year; 
  • Limited to two subjects per year, prioritizing math and RLA; 
  • Provided in a group of no more than four students, unless the parent or guardian of each student in the group authorizes a larger group; 
  • Designed to assist the student in achieving satisfactory performance in the applicable grade level and subject area and includes effective instructional materials designed for supplemental instruction; 
  • Provided by a person with training in the applicable instructional materials for the supplemental instruction and provided by one person for the entirety of their accelerated instruction. 

For more information, visit the TEA website here.