House Bill 4545 Acceleration due to Unfinished Learning
Given the disruptions of the 2020-2021 school year, the 87th Texas Legislature passed House Bill 4545, signed on June 16, 2021, which provides additional learning opportunities for students who did not meet standards on the STAAR exam in the form of extra tutoring.

For Families of Students Who Did Not Perform Satisfactorily on STAAR Exams
If a student does not perform satisfactorily on a STAAR, STAAR End of Course (EOC), or STAAR Alt exam, in any STAAR assessed grade levels and subjects, the District will provide accelerated instruction.

For a student who does not perform satisfactorily on the math or reading assessment in grades 3, 5, or 8, the District will establish an Accelerated Learning Committee (ALC), which includes the student’s parent, to develop an educational plan for accelerated instruction to enable the student to perform at the appropriate grade level by the conclusion of the next school year. 
Accelerated instruction entails delivering supplemental instruction (i.e., tutoring) before or after school, or embedded in the school day and meeting HB 4545 requirements.  
GCISD will provide more information to parents as we continually work with and gather additional insight from TEA to support our students with HB 4545 requirements. 
The Texas Education Agency maintains a set of frequently asked questions for HB 4545.

Additional information on HB 4545 can be found at https://tea.texas.gov/about-tea/news-and-multimedia/correspondence/taa-letters/house-bill-4545-implementation-overview.

For Families of Students Who Did Not Take STAAR Exams in the 2020-21 School Year
The Texas Education Agency (TEA) has eliminated this provision for subsequent years.
For students who were absent or otherwise unable to take the STAAR or STAAR EOC for the 2020-2021 school year, the Texas Education Agency (TEA) permitted districts to administer an assessment to determine student grade level proficiency on the state standards, the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS). If a student earned a passing score, then the student could be exempted from the House Bill 4545 tutoring requirement.