Bill Text: TX HB2014 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to designation of mathematics innovation zones by the commissioner of education and to the establishment of pay for success programs to provide necessary funding.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-05-11 - Placed on General State Calendar [HB2014 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB2014-Introduced.html
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| By: Parker | H.B. No. 2014 | |
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| relating to designation of mathematics innovation zones by the | ||
| commissioner of education and to the establishment of pay for | ||
| success programs to provide necessary funding. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 28, Education Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 28.020 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 28.020. MATHEMATICS INNOVATION ZONES. (a) The | ||
| commissioner may: | ||
| (1) on application of a school district or | ||
| open-enrollment charter school, designate a campus of the district | ||
| or school as a mathematics innovation zone; and | ||
| (2) from funds appropriated or donated for purposes of | ||
| this section, award a grant to support implementation of innovative | ||
| mathematics instruction at the campus in accordance with this | ||
| section. | ||
| (b) A campus designated as a mathematics innovation zone | ||
| must: | ||
| (1) implement with fidelity an innovative mathematics | ||
| instructional program approved by the commissioner for purposes of | ||
| this section that addresses the essential knowledge and skills of | ||
| the mathematics curriculum required by Section 28.002; | ||
| (2) comply with objectives, metrics, and other | ||
| mathematics innovation zone requirements imposed by the | ||
| commissioner through rules adopted under Subsection (g); and | ||
| (3) provide all data relating to the mathematics | ||
| innovation zone requested by the agency. | ||
| (c) A campus designated as a mathematics innovation zone is | ||
| not subject to interventions under the state accountability system | ||
| described by Section 39.107(a) or (e) for the first two years of the | ||
| designation, provided that the campus implements the instructional | ||
| program with fidelity and complies with each mathematics innovation | ||
| zone requirement to the satisfaction of the commissioner. The | ||
| period that a campus is exempt from interventions as provided by | ||
| this subsection is not: | ||
| (1) included in calculating consecutive school years | ||
| under Section 39.107(a) or (e); or | ||
| (2) considered a break in consecutive school years of | ||
| unacceptable ratings for purposes of determining the need for | ||
| intervention under Section 39.107(a) or (e). | ||
| (d) The commissioner may revoke designation of a campus as a | ||
| mathematics innovation zone and suspend associated grant funding if | ||
| the commissioner determines that the campus has failed to implement | ||
| the instructional program with fidelity or comply with any | ||
| requirement imposed under this section. | ||
| (e) A school district or open-enrollment charter school may | ||
| use a pay for success program approved by the commissioner under | ||
| Section 44.904 to pay costs associated with designation of a campus | ||
| as a mathematics innovation zone. | ||
| (f) The commissioner may accept gifts, grants, or donations | ||
| from any public or private source for purposes of this section. | ||
| (g) The commissioner may adopt rules as necessary to | ||
| administer this section. | ||
| (h) A decision or determination by the commissioner under | ||
| this section is final and may not be appealed. | ||
| SECTION 2. Subchapter Z, Chapter 44, Education Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 44.904 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 44.904. PAY FOR SUCCESS PROGRAMS. (a) In this | ||
| section, "pay for success program" means a program involving | ||
| private financing under which payments are dependent on achievement | ||
| of measurable outcomes. | ||
| (b) The commissioner may: | ||
| (1) structure and approve pay for success programs for | ||
| use by a school district or open-enrollment charter school; | ||
| (2) evaluate and approve the following participants in | ||
| a pay for success program: | ||
| (A) a private investor; | ||
| (B) an education service provider; and | ||
| (C) a third-party evaluator; and | ||
| (3) require an approved participant to comply with the | ||
| objectives, metrics, and other pay for success program requirements | ||
| prescribed by the commissioner. | ||
| (c) In evaluating a potential participant under Subsection | ||
| (b)(2), the commissioner may: | ||
| (1) verify the availability and liquidity of the | ||
| investment funds of a private investor; | ||
| (2) evaluate the credentials and effectiveness of an | ||
| education service provider; and | ||
| (3) evaluate the credentials and independence of a | ||
| third-party evaluator. | ||
| (d) Notwithstanding any other law, a school district or | ||
| open-enrollment charter school that uses a pay for success program | ||
| approved by the commissioner is not subject to state procurement | ||
| requirements that would otherwise apply to the activity funded | ||
| through the program. | ||
| (e) The commissioner, the agency, and agency employees are | ||
| immune from liability for actions associated with the structuring, | ||
| approval, or implementation of a pay for success program. | ||
| (f) The commissioner may adopt rules as necessary to | ||
| implement this section. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
