HB4545: ACCELERATED INSTRUCTION, AND SMALL GROUPS TUTORIALS
TEA has passed a new House Bill in response to the learning disruptions of the 2020-2021 school year.
We will have two information sessions via ZOOM for general questions and answers of our campus plan.
Tuesday, October 26th from 6-7:00 pm
Friday, October 29th from 8:30-9:00 am
Here are some quick facts:
- If your student did not pass the STAAR Assessment in Math or Reading, campuses will now provide 30 minutes of Accelerated Instruction once a week for the remainder of the school year.
- If your student did not take the STAAR tests, h/she is also required to receive lessons/tutorials in both English and Math.
- If your student did not take the STARR tests last year, h/she will not need to participate in Accelerated Instruction if they passed the beginning of the year (BOY) MAPS Growth test.
- If your student did not take the STAAR Assessments and did not meet the score in the BOY MAPS Growth tests, then h/she will need to participate in Accelerated Instruction.
We will be notifying families about Accelerated Instruction via email and letter. The letter will ask for your permission to opt out of the 3:1 Student to Teacher Ratio TEA originally attached to HB4545.
With your permission, O. Henry will be able to service more students at a time and will not need to pull from electives, have to offer Saturday School, after-school tutorials, or summer school.
Please email me with any questions or concerns at marlo.malott@austinisd.org.
