Texas Education Code - EDUC § 30.106. Reading and Behavior Plan

(A) are based on a normative sample appropriate to students in department educational programs;

(B) are designed to be administered on an individual basis;  and

(C) allow school employees to:

(A) at periodic intervals not to exceed 12 months, to each student in a department educational program;  and

(B) at least 15 days and not more than 30 days before a student is released from the department;

(A) by trained educators with expertise in teaching reading to struggling adolescent readers;  and

(B) through the use of scientifically based, peer-reviewed reading curricula that:

(A) an adequate rate of improvement in reading performance, as measured by monthly progress monitoring using curricular-based assessments in each of the essential components of effective reading instruction, including phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension;

(B) a significant annual rate of improvement in reading performance, disaggregated by subgroups designated under department rule, as measured using the battery of reading assessments adopted under Subdivision (1);  and

(C) student ratings of the quality and impact of the reading plan under this subsection, as measured on a student self-reporting instrument.

(A) are based on current behavioral research;  and

(B) are systematically and individually applied to students consistent with the demonstrated level of need;

(A) documentation of school-related disciplinary referrals, disaggregated by the type, location, and time of infraction and by subgroups designated under department rule;

(B) documentation of school-related disciplinary actions, including time-out, placement in security, and use of restraints and other aversive control measures, disaggregated by subgroups designated under department rule;

(C) validated measurement of systemic positive behavioral support interventions;  and

(D) the number of minutes students are out of the regular classroom because of disciplinary reasons.