Bill Text: TX HB1500 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: Relating to the public school accountability system.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)

Status: (Vetoed) 2017-06-15 - Vetoed by the Governor [HB1500 Detail]

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  By: Giddings, Guillen (Senate Sponsor - West) H.B. No. 1500
         (In the Senate - Received from the House May 3, 2017;
  May 5, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on
  Education; May 23, 2017, reported adversely, with favorable
  Committee Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 9, Nays 0;
  May 23, 2017, sent to printer.)
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  COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 1500 By:  West
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to the public school accountability system.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 39.053, Education Code, is amended by
  amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsections (c-4) and (g-3) to
  read as follows:
         (c)  School districts and campuses must be evaluated based on
  five domains of indicators of achievement adopted under this
  section that include:
               (1)  in the first domain, the results of:
                     (A)  assessment instruments required under
  Sections 39.023(a), (c), and (l), including the results of
  assessment instruments required for graduation retaken by a
  student, aggregated across grade levels by subject area, including:
                           (i)  for the performance standard determined
  by the commissioner under Section 39.0241(a),  the percentage of
  students who performed satisfactorily on the assessment
  instruments, aggregated across grade levels by subject area; and
                           (ii)  for the college readiness performance
  standard as determined under Section 39.0241, the percentage of
  students who performed satisfactorily on the assessment
  instruments, aggregated across grade levels by subject area; and
                     (B)  assessment instruments required under
  Section 39.023(b), aggregated across grade levels by subject area,
  including the percentage of students who performed satisfactorily
  on the assessment instruments, as determined by the performance
  standard adopted by the agency, aggregated across grade levels by
  subject area;
               (2)  in the second domain:
                     (A)  for assessment instruments under Subdivision
  (1)(A):
                           (i)  for the performance standard determined
  by the commissioner under Section 39.0241(a), the percentage of
  students who met the standard for annual improvement on the
  assessment instruments, as determined by the commissioner by rule
  or by the method for measuring annual improvement under Section
  39.034, aggregated across grade levels by subject area; and
                           (ii)  for the college readiness performance
  standard as determined under Section 39.0241, the percentage of
  students who met the standard for annual improvement on the
  assessment instruments, as determined by the commissioner by rule
  or by the method for measuring annual improvement under Section
  39.034, aggregated across grade levels by subject area; and
                     (B)  for assessment instruments under Subdivision
  (1)(B), the percentage of students who met the standard for annual
  improvement on the assessment instruments, as determined by the
  commissioner by rule or by the method for measuring annual
  improvement under Section 39.034, aggregated across grade levels by
  subject area;
               (3)  in the third domain, the student academic
  achievement differentials among students from different racial and
  ethnic groups and socioeconomic backgrounds;
               (4)  in the fourth domain:
                     (A)  for evaluating the performance of high school
  campuses and districts that include high school campuses:
                           (i)  dropout rates, including dropout rates
  and district completion rates for grade levels 9 through 12,
  computed in accordance with standards and definitions adopted by
  the National Center for Education Statistics of the United States
  Department of Education;
                           (ii)  high school graduation rates, computed
  in accordance with standards and definitions adopted in compliance
  with the Every Student Succeeds Act [No Child Left Behind Act of
  2001] (20 U.S.C. Section 6301 et seq.);
                           (iii)  the percentage of students who
  successfully completed the curriculum requirements for the
  distinguished level of achievement under the foundation high school
  program;
                           (iv)  the percentage of students who
  successfully completed the curriculum requirements for an
  endorsement under Section 28.025(c-1);
                           (v)  the percentage of students who
  completed a coherent sequence of career and technical courses;
                           (vi)  the percentage of students who satisfy
  the Texas Success Initiative (TSI) college readiness benchmarks
  prescribed by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board under
  Section 51.3062(f) on an assessment instrument in reading, writing,
  or mathematics designated by the Texas Higher Education
  Coordinating Board under Section 51.3062(c);
                           (vii)  the percentage of students who earn
  at least 12 hours of postsecondary credit required for the
  foundation high school program under Section 28.025 or to earn an
  endorsement under Section 28.025(c-1);
                           (viii)  the percentage of students who have
  completed an advanced placement or international baccalaureate
  course;
                           (ix)  the percentage of students who enlist
  in the armed forces of the United States; [and]
                           (x)  the percentage of students who earn an
  industry certification;
                           (xi)  the percentage of students who
  successfully completed an OnRamps dual enrollment course;
                           (xii)  the percentage of students who have
  received credit by examination;
                           (xiii)  the percentage of students who have
  been promoted to higher grade levels than the grade levels to which
  the students would ordinarily be assigned;
                           (xiv)  the percentage of students who have
  earned a diploma after not more than three years of high school
  attendance; and
                           (xv)  the percentage of students who earn an
  associate degree;
                     (B)  for evaluating the performance of middle and
  junior high school and elementary school campuses and districts
  that include those campuses:
                           (i)  student attendance; [and]
                           (ii)  for middle and junior high school
  campuses:
                                 (a)  dropout rates, computed in the
  manner described by Paragraph (A)(i); [and]
                                 (b)  the percentage of students in
  grades seven and eight who receive instruction in preparing for
  high school, college, and a career that includes information
  regarding the creation of a high school personal graduation plan
  under Section 28.02121, the distinguished level of achievement
  described by Section 28.025(b-15), each endorsement described by
  Section 28.025(c-1), college readiness standards, and potential
  career choices and the education needed to enter those careers; and
                                 (c)  the percentage of students in
  grades seven and eight who complete a pre-advanced placement course
  or pre-international baccalaureate course; and
                           (iii)  the percentage of students who
  participate in a University Interscholastic League A+ academic
  event; and
                     (C)  any additional indicators of student
  achievement not associated with performance on standardized
  assessment instruments determined appropriate for consideration by
  the commissioner in consultation with educators, parents, business
  and industry representatives, and employers; and
               (5)  in the fifth domain, three programs or specific
  categories of performance related to community and student
  engagement locally selected and evaluated as provided by Section
  39.0546.
         (c-4)  For purposes of evaluating the performance of a
  district or campus under Subsection (c), the commissioner shall
  determine a method by which the performance of a student is
  attributed greater weight for each school year a student has been
  continuously enrolled in the school district or at the campus, as
  applicable.
         (g-3)  The commissioner shall adopt rules for computing the
  percentage of students participating in a University
  Interscholastic League A+ academic event under Subsection
  (c)(4)(B)(iii).
         SECTION 2.  Section 39.107, Education Code, is amended by
  adding Subsections (b-10), (b-11), and (b-12) to read as follows:
         (b-10)  Not later than June 15 of each year, the commissioner
  shall, in writing, either approve or reject any campus turnaround
  plan prepared and submitted to the commissioner by a district. If
  the commissioner rejects a campus turnaround plan, the commissioner
  must also send the district an outline of the specific concerns
  regarding the turnaround plan that resulted in the rejection.
         (b-11)  If the commissioner rejects a campus turnaround
  plan, the district must create a modified plan with assistance from
  agency staff and submit the modified plan to the commissioner for
  approval not later than August 15.  The commissioner shall notify
  the district in writing of the commissioner's decision regarding
  the modified plan not later than September 1.
         (b-12)  If the agency assists or offers assistance to a
  district in modifying a campus turnaround plan following a
  rejection under Subsection (b-10), the agency may not recommend or
  require participation by the district in any of the following:
               (1)  general workshops for the board of trustees of the
  district;
               (2)  the use of fidelity instruments as part of the
  campus turnaround plan; or
               (3)  any other initiative that does not directly relate
  to a concern raised in regard to the rejected campus turnaround plan
  that was identified by the commissioner under Subsection (b-10).
         SECTION 3.  This Act applies beginning with the 2017-2018
  school year.
         SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
 
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