Bill Text: TX HB22 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to public school accountability.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 10-3)
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-15 - Effective immediately [HB22 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB22-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to public school accountability.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 10-3)
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-15 - Effective immediately [HB22 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB22-Introduced.html
By: Huberty | H.B. No. 22 |
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relating to public school accountability. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 29.202, Education Code, is amended as | ||
follows: | ||
Sec. 29.202. ELIGIBILITY. (a) A student is eligible to | ||
receive a public education grant or to attend another public school | ||
in the district in which the student resides under this subchapter | ||
if the student is assigned to attend a public school campus that has | ||
been issued an unacceptable performance rating, in both the student | ||
achievement domain under Section 39.053(c)(1) and the school | ||
progress domain under Section 39.053(c)(2), that is made publicly | ||
available under Section 39.054 |
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(b) After a student has used a public education grant to | ||
attend a school in a district other than the district in which the | ||
student resides: | ||
(1) the student does not become ineligible for the | ||
grant if the school on which the student's initial eligibility is | ||
based no longer meets the criteria under Subsection (a); and | ||
(2) the student becomes ineligible for the grant if | ||
the student is assigned to attend a school that does not meet the | ||
criteria under Subsection (a). | ||
SECTION 2. Section 39.052(b)(1), Education Code, is amended | ||
as follows: | ||
Sec. 39.052. DETERMINATION OF ACCREDITATION STATUS OR | ||
PERFORMANCE RATING. (a) Each year, the commissioner shall | ||
determine the accreditation status of each school district. | ||
(b) In determining the accreditation status of a school | ||
district, the commissioner: | ||
(1) shall evaluate and consider: | ||
(A) performance in the domains |
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(B) performance under the financial | ||
accountability rating system developed under Subchapter D; and | ||
(2) may evaluate and consider: | ||
(A) the district's compliance with statutory | ||
requirements and requirements imposed by rule of the commissioner | ||
or State Board of Education under specific statutory authority that | ||
relate to: | ||
(i) reporting data through the Public | ||
Education Information Management System (PEIMS) or other reports | ||
required by state or federal law or court order; | ||
(ii) the high school graduation | ||
requirements under Section 28.025; or | ||
(iii) an item listed under Sections | ||
7.056(e)(3)(C)-(I) that applies to the district; | ||
(B) the effectiveness of the district's programs | ||
for special populations; and | ||
(C) the effectiveness of the district's career | ||
and technology program. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 39.053, Education Code, is amended as | ||
follows: | ||
Sec. 39.053. PERFORMANCE INDICATORS: ACHIEVEMENT. (a) The | ||
commissioner shall adopt a set of indicators, including the | ||
indicators within the domains specified under Subsection (c), of | ||
the quality of learning and achievement. The commissioner | ||
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consideration of appropriate revisions. | ||
(a-1) The indicators adopted by the commissioner under | ||
Subsection (a) |
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campuses with respect to: | ||
(1) improving student preparedness for success in: | ||
(A) subsequent grade levels; and | ||
(B) entering the workforce, the military, or | ||
postsecondary education; | ||
(2) reducing, with the goal of eliminating, student | ||
academic achievement differentials among students from different | ||
racial and ethnic groups and socioeconomic backgrounds; and | ||
(3) informing parents and the community regarding | ||
campus and district performance |
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(b) Performance on the achievement indicators in the | ||
domains adopted under Subsections (c)(1) |
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shall be compared to state-established standards. To the extent | ||
feasible, the |
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and socioeconomic status. | ||
(c) School districts and campuses must be evaluated based on | ||
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section that include: | ||
(1) in the student achievement |
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indicators of student achievement that shall include |
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(A) the results of assessment instruments | ||
required under Sections 39.023(a), (c), and (l), as applicable for | ||
the district and campus, 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) the results of assessment instruments | ||
required under Section 39.023(b), as applicable for the district | ||
and campus |
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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; | ||
(C) the results of locally selected assessments, | ||
to the extent that alternative assessments are available under | ||
rules to be adopted by the commissioner; | ||
(D) for evaluating the performance of high school | ||
campuses and districts that include high school campuses, | ||
indicators that account for: | ||
(i) 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 or mathematics designated by | ||
the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board under Section | ||
51.3062(c); | ||
(ii) students who satisfy standards on | ||
advanced placement assessments, college level examination program | ||
assessments, or similar assessments; | ||
(iii) students who earn the qualifying | ||
number of dual course credits; | ||
(iv) students who enlist in the armed | ||
forces of the United States; | ||
(v) students who earn a qualifying industry | ||
certification; | ||
(vi) students admitted into postsecondary | ||
industry certification programs that require as a prerequisite for | ||
entrance performance or attainment of secondary level success; | ||
(vii) students whose successful completion | ||
of a course or courses under Section 28.014 indicates the student's | ||
preparation to enroll and succeed, without remediation, in an entry | ||
level general education course for a baccalaureate degree or | ||
associate degree; | ||
(viii) students who successfully met | ||
standards on a composite of indicators that through research | ||
indicates the student's preparation to enroll and succeed, without | ||
remediation, in an entry level general education course for a | ||
baccalaureate degree or associate degree; | ||
(ix) students' high school graduation | ||
rates, including completion rates, computed in accordance with | ||
standards and definitions adopted in compliance with the Every | ||
Student Succeeds Act (20 U.S.C. Section 6301 et seq.) except as | ||
provided by Subsections (g), (g-1), (g-2) and Section 39.054(f); | ||
(x) students who successfully complete the | ||
distinguished level of achievement under Section 28.025(b-7); and | ||
(xi) students who complete an associate | ||
level degree while enrolled in high school; | ||
(E) for evaluating the performance of middle | ||
school campuses and districts that serve students through the | ||
eighth grade, indicators that account for: | ||
(i) students who satisfy standards on | ||
advanced placement assessments, college admissions tests, or | ||
similar assessments; and | ||
(ii) students who drop out of school | ||
annually and do not return by a certain date, established in rules | ||
to be adopted by the commissioner, in the following school year; and | ||
(F) for evaluating the performance of campuses | ||
and districts that serve elementary, middle, and high school | ||
students, indicators that account for: | ||
(i) students who successfully complete fine | ||
arts, physical education, or second language acquisition courses or | ||
enrichment classes; | ||
(ii) students who participate in | ||
extra-curricular programs, such as UIL (academic, fine arts, | ||
athletic), clubs (foreign language, fine arts, chess, robotics, | ||
etc.), or other extra-curricular activities. | ||
(2) in the school progress |
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that account for effectiveness in promoting student learning, which | ||
may include: | ||
(A) for assessment instruments, including | ||
assessment instruments under Subdivision (1)(A), (1)(B), and to the | ||
extent available, (1)(C), indicators that account for |
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students who met the standard for |
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including students who took English language proficiency | ||
assessments under Section 29.056(a)(2) and met the applicable | ||
standards for improvement; |
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(B) students identified under Section 29.052 who | ||
successfully exit the programs by meeting criteria under Section | ||
29.056(g) |
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(C) students enrolled in grade 9 for the first | ||
time who have earned enough credits by the end of that school year | ||
for promotion to the next grade level; | ||
(D) students enrolled in grades 1 through 8 who, | ||
by the end of the school year, successfully complete curriculum | ||
requirements for advancement to the next grade level; | ||
(E) students who complete varied, rigorous and | ||
relevant curricular options that lead to postsecondary success, | ||
including completion of advanced placement courses or other similar | ||
courses; | ||
(F) for middle and high school campuses and | ||
districts that serve students in grades 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, or 12, | ||
student participation rates in advanced placement, international | ||
baccalaureate, college admissions or preliminary college | ||
admissions assessments; and | ||
(G) the performance of a district or campus | ||
compared to similar districts or campuses; and | ||
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of school climate, which may include: | ||
(A) three programs or specific categories of | ||
performance related to community and student engagement locally | ||
selected and evaluated as provided by Section 39.0546, which shall | ||
comprise at least 50% of the domain rating; | ||
(B) students who successfully complete at least | ||
one endorsement under Section 28.025(c-1); | ||
(C) students who successfully complete a | ||
coherent sequence of career and technical courses or a coherent | ||
sequence of fine arts courses; | ||
(D) economically disadvantaged students who | ||
successfully complete a postsecondary readiness course; | ||
(E) students who are not absent 15 days or more | ||
during the school year. "Absent" in this subsection means that the | ||
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participating in instruction or instruction-related activities at | ||
an approved off-campus location for the school day, without regard | ||
to whether the absence is excused or unexcused; | ||
(F) teacher quality indicators as determined by | ||
the commissioner; | ||
(G) for elementary campuses serving kindergarten | ||
through fifth grade, student participation rates in literacy and | ||
mathematics academies; | ||
(H) for elementary campuses serving | ||
Pre-Kindergarten, student participation rates in full-day | ||
Pre-kindergarten programs; | ||
(I) health and wellness indicators as determined | ||
by the commissioner; and | ||
(J) results from a local evaluation of school or | ||
district climate, obtained through a uniform method of data | ||
collection adopted into rule by the commissioner, for all schools | ||
and districts in the state; | ||
(c-1) An indicator adopted under Subsection (c) that would | ||
measure improvements in student, campus, or district progress in | ||
the school progress domain |
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commissioner's review of a school district or campus if that | ||
district or campus is already achieving at the highest level for | ||
that indicator. | ||
(c-2) The commissioner by rule shall determine a method by | ||
which a student's performance may be included in determining the | ||
performance rating of a school district or campus under Section | ||
39.054 if, before the student graduates, the student: | ||
(1) satisfies 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 designated by the Texas Higher Education | ||
Coordinating Board under Section 51.3062(c); or | ||
(2) performs satisfactorily on an assessment | ||
instrument under Section 39.023(c), notwithstanding Subsection | ||
(d). | ||
(d) For purposes of Subsection (c), the commissioner by rule | ||
shall determine the period within which a student must retake an | ||
assessment instrument for that assessment instrument to be | ||
considered in determining the performance rating of the district | ||
under Section 39.054. | ||
(d-1) In aggregating results of assessment instruments | ||
across grade levels by subject in accordance with Subsection | ||
(c)(1)(A) the performance of a student enrolled below the high | ||
school level on an assessment instrument required under Section | ||
39.023(c) is included with results relating to other students | ||
enrolled at the same grade level. | ||
(e) [Repealed by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1094 (H.B. | ||
2804), effective June 19, 2015. | ||
(f) By September 30 annually, or as soon thereafter as | ||
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for the current school year for each domain adopted under this | ||
section and evaluated under Section 39.054. In consultation with | ||
educators, parents, business and industry, as necessary, the | ||
commissioner shall establish and modify standards to continuously | ||
improve student performance to achieve the goals of eliminating | ||
achievement gaps based on race, ethnic and socioeconomic status and | ||
to ensure Texas is a national leader in preparing students for | ||
postsecondary success. |
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(g) In the computation of a |
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completion rate such as a high school graduation rate under | ||
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commissioner may not consider as a dropout a student whose failure | ||
to attend school results from: | ||
(1) the student's expulsion under Section 37.007; and | ||
(2) as applicable: | ||
(A) adjudication as having engaged in delinquent | ||
conduct or conduct indicating a need for supervision, as defined by | ||
Section 51.03, Family Code; or | ||
(B) conviction of and sentencing for an offense | ||
under the Penal Code. | ||
(g-1) In computing dropout and completion rates such as high | ||
school graduation or completion rates under Subsection |
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exclude: | ||
(1) students who are ordered by a court to attend a | ||
high school equivalency certificate program but who have not yet | ||
earned a high school equivalency certificate; | ||
(2) students who were previously reported to the state | ||
as dropouts, including a student who is reported as a dropout, | ||
reenrolls, and drops out again, regardless of the number of times of | ||
reenrollment and dropping out, unless the student graduates; | ||
(3) students in attendance who are not in membership | ||
for purposes of average daily attendance; | ||
(4) students whose initial enrollment in a school in | ||
the United States in grades 7 through 12 was as unschooled refugees | ||
or asylees as defined by Section 39.027(a-1); | ||
(5) students whose initial enrollment in Texas public | ||
schools occurred in grades 11-12; | ||
(6) students who are in the district exclusively as a | ||
function of having been detained at a county detention facility but | ||
are otherwise not students of the district in which the facility is | ||
located; and | ||
(7) students who are incarcerated in state jails and | ||
federal penitentiaries as adults and as persons certified to stand | ||
trial as adults. | ||
(g-2) In computing completion rates such as high school | ||
graduation rates under Subsection (c)(1)(D)(ix) |
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commissioner shall exclude students who: | ||
(1) are at least 18 years of age as of September 1 of | ||
the school year as reported for the fall semester Public Education | ||
Information Management System (PEIMS) submission and have | ||
satisfied the credit requirements for high school graduation; | ||
(2) have not completed their individualized education | ||
program under 19 T.A.C. Section 89.1070(b)(2) and the Individuals | ||
with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. Section 1400 et seq.); | ||
and | ||
(3) are enrolled and receiving individualized | ||
education program services. | ||
(g-3) In annually computing results under Section 39.053©, | ||
the commissioner shall exclude students who are newly enrolled in | ||
Texas public schools from the evaluation of results under Section | ||
39.054(a), as effective on September 1, 2017. The term "newly | ||
enrolled" in this subsection refers to students who transfer into | ||
Texas public schools from out of state or out of the country, and | ||
who have no prior history of enrollment within Texas public | ||
schools. | ||
(h) Each school district shall cooperate with the agency in | ||
determining whether a student is a dropout for purposes of | ||
accreditation and evaluating performance by school districts and | ||
campuses under this chapter. | ||
(i) Each school district shall submit the data required for | ||
the indicators adopted under this section, to the extent necessary | ||
for processing under Section 39.054. |
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SECTION 4. Section 39.0531, Education Code, is added as | ||
follows: | ||
Sec. 39.0531. STUDENT SURVEYS. (a) The commissioner may | ||
incorporate student surveys as an indicator under 39.053(c)(3). | ||
(b) The commissioner may develop rules to implement this | ||
section, including rules: | ||
(1) determining the format of student surveys; | ||
(2) determining the questions that student surveys | ||
must include; | ||
(3) establishing when student surveys must be | ||
conducted; | ||
(4) establishing requirements and parameters for | ||
administering and reporting results of the student surveys; and | ||
(5) authorizing school districts and open enrollment | ||
charter schools to administer the student surveys or include the | ||
required survey questions in a locally administered student survey. | ||
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision including Section | ||
21.355, school districts and open enrollment charter schools shall | ||
report the information required under this section to the agency in | ||
accordance with rules adopted under subsection (b). | ||
(d) The commissioner may contract with a third party to | ||
fulfill any and all functions under this section. | ||
(e) The commissioner shall determine the feasibility of | ||
incorporating student surveys for use in the accountability ratings | ||
by the 2021-2022 school year, by piloting the use of such surveys in | ||
the 2018-2019 school year and reporting the results of such surveys | ||
in the 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 school years. This subsection | ||
expires September 1, 2022. | ||
SECTION 5. Section 39.054, Education Code, is amended as | ||
follows: | ||
Sec. 39.054. METHODS AND STANDARDS FOR EVALUATING | ||
PERFORMANCE. | ||
(a) The commissioner shall adopt rules to evaluate school | ||
district and campus performance and assign each district and campus | ||
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D, or F for each domain under Sections 39.0 53(c)(1)-(3) |
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performance. A |
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recognized performance. A |
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C reflects acceptable performance. A |
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performance rating of D reflects performance in need of | ||
improvement. A domain performance rating of |
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unacceptable performance. A district may not receive |
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domain performance rating of A if the district includes any campus | ||
with a corresponding |
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A reference in law to an acceptable rating or acceptable | ||
performance includes an overall or domain performance rating of A, | ||
B, |
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improvement performance. | ||
(a-1) In assigning ratings under Subsection (a): | ||
(1) the commissioner may adjust the performance rating | ||
for a domain disaggregated by race, ethnicity, socioeconomic | ||
status, or other factors; | ||
(2) the weight given to the indicators in Section | ||
39.053(c)(1)(A) and (B), combined, may not be greater than 50 | ||
percent of the total weight in assigning a rating to the student | ||
achievement domain under Section 39.053(c)(1); and | ||
(3) the weight given to the indicators in Section | ||
39.053(c)(2)(A) may not be greater than 50 percent of the total | ||
weight in assigning a rating to the student progress domain under | ||
Section 39.053(c)(2). | ||
If the commissioner determines a domain rating adjustment is | ||
needed, the adjustment is limited to one and only one letter grade | ||
change. | ||
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(a-2) For purposes of evaluating the performance of a school | ||
or district under Subsection (a), to the extent feasible, the | ||
commissioner shall give greater weight to the results of students | ||
who have been enrolled for at least four consecutive years in the | ||
same school or district. |
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(a-3) Not later than August 15 of each year, the performance | ||
ratings of each district and campus shall be made publicly | ||
available as provided by rules adopted under this section. If a | ||
district or campus received |
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of D or F for the preceding school year, the commissioner shall | ||
notify the district of a subsequent such designation on |
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June 15 or as soon thereafter as is practicable. | ||
(b) Repealed by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1094, Sec. | ||
22, eff. June 19, 2015. | ||
(b-1) Consideration of the effectiveness of district | ||
programs under Section 39.052(b)(2)(B) or (C): | ||
(1) must: | ||
(A) be based on data collected through the Public | ||
Education Information Management System (PEIMS) for purposes of | ||
accountability under this chapter; and | ||
(B) include the results of assessments required | ||
under Section 39.023; and | ||
(2) may be based on the results of a special | ||
accreditation investigation conducted under Section 39.057. | ||
(c) In evaluating school district and campus performance on | ||
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39.053(c)(1)(D)(x) and in the school progress domain under Section | ||
39.053(c)(2)(A) |
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evaluate |
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the current school year based on: | ||
(1) student performance in the current school | ||
year; or | ||
(2) when necessary to address small numbers of records | ||
available to use in the calculations, student performance as | ||
averaged over the current school year and the preceding two school | ||
years. | ||
(d) Repealed by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1094, Sec. | ||
22, eff. June 19, 2015. | ||
(d-1) Repealed by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1094, Sec. | ||
22, eff. June 19, 2015. | ||
(e) Each annual performance review under this section shall | ||
include an analysis of the domains |
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adopted under Section 39.053, including Subsections | ||
39.053(c)(1)-(3), |
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performance in relation to standards established for each domain | ||
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(f) In the computation of dropout rates and completion rates | ||
such as high school graduation rates under Section |
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39.053(c)(1)(D)(ix) |
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released from a juvenile pre-adjudication secure detention | ||
facility or juvenile post-adjudication secure correctional | ||
facility and fails to enroll in school or a student who leaves a | ||
residential treatment center after receiving treatment for fewer | ||
than 85 days and fails to enroll in school may not be considered to | ||
have dropped out from the school district or campus serving the | ||
facility or center unless that district or campus is the one to | ||
which the student is regularly assigned. The agency may not limit an | ||
appeal relating to dropout computations under this subsection. | ||
SECTION 6. Section 39.0541, Education Code, is added as | ||
follows: | ||
Sec. 39.0541. ADOPTION OF INDICATORS AND STANDARDS. (a) | ||
The commissioner may adopt rules to implement this chapter. | ||
(b) The commissioner shall adopt indicators and standards | ||
under this chapter at any time prior to September 30 of the same | ||
school year in which the evaluation of a school district or campus | ||
will take place. | ||
SECTION 7. Section 39.0546, Education Code, is amended as | ||
follows: | ||
Sec. 39.0546. PERFORMANCE IN COMMUNITY AND STUDENT | ||
ENGAGEMENT AS COMPONENT OF OVERALL DISTRICT AND CAMPUS RATING. (a) | ||
For purposes of including the local evaluation of districts and | ||
campuses under Section 39.053(c)(3)(A) |
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rating under Section 39.054, before the beginning of each school | ||
year: | ||
(1) each school district shall: | ||
(A) select and report to the agency three | ||
programs or categories under Section 39.0545(b)(1), as added by | ||
Chapter 211 (H.B. 5), Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular | ||
Session, 2013, under which the district will evaluate district | ||
performance; | ||
(B) submit to the agency the criteria the | ||
district will use to evaluate district performance and assign the | ||
district a performance rating; and | ||
(C) make the information described by Paragraphs | ||
(A) and (B) available on the district's Internet website; and | ||
(2) each campus shall: | ||
(A) select and report to the agency three | ||
programs or categories under Section 39.0545(b)(1), as added by | ||
Chapter 211 (H.B. 5), Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular | ||
Session, 2013, under which the campus will evaluate campus | ||
performance; | ||
(B) submit to the agency the criteria the campus | ||
will use to evaluate campus performance and assign the campus a | ||
performance rating; and | ||
(C) make the information described by Paragraphs | ||
(A) and (B) available on the Internet website of the campus. | ||
(b) Based on the evaluation under this section, each school | ||
district shall assign the district and each campus shall assign the | ||
campus a performance rating of A, B, C, D, or F, for both overall | ||
performance and for each program or category evaluated. An overall | ||
or a program or category performance rating of A reflects exemplary | ||
performance. An overall or a program or category performance rating | ||
of B reflects recognized performance. An overall or a program or | ||
category performance rating of C reflects acceptable performance. | ||
An overall or a program or category performance rating of D reflects | ||
performance in need of improvement. An overall or a program or | ||
category performance rating of |
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performance. | ||
(c) On or before the date determined by the commissioner by | ||
rule, each school district and campus shall report each performance | ||
rating to the agency for the purpose of including the ratings in | ||
evaluating |
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39.053(c)(3) and 39.054. | ||
SECTION 8. Section 39.0548, Education Code, is amended as | ||
follows: | ||
Sec. 39.0548. EVALUATING DROPOUT RECOVERY SCHOOLS. (a) | ||
For purposes of evaluating performance under Section 39.053(c), the | ||
commissioner shall designate as a dropout recovery school a school | ||
district or an open-enrollment charter school or a campus of a | ||
district or of an open-enrollment charter school: | ||
(1) that serves students in grades 9 through 12 and has | ||
an enrollment of which at least 50 percent of the students are 15 |
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years of age or older as of September 1 of the school year as | ||
reported for the fall semester Public Education Information | ||
Management System (PEIMS) submission; and | ||
(2) that meets the eligibility requirements for and is | ||
registered under alternative education accountability procedures | ||
adopted by the commissioner. | ||
(b) Notwithstanding Section 39.053(c)(1)(D)(ix) the | ||
commissioner shall use the alternative completion rate under this | ||
subsection to determine the |
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school. The alternative completion rate shall be the ratio of the | ||
total number of students who graduate, continue attending school | ||
into the next academic year, or receive a high school equivalency | ||
certificate to the total number of students in the longitudinal | ||
cohort of students. | ||
(c) Notwithstanding Section 39.053(c)(1)(D)(ix) | ||
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39.054 of a dropout recovery school, the commissioner shall include | ||
any student described by Section 39.053(g-1) who graduates or | ||
receives a high school equivalency certificate. | ||
(d) Notwithstanding Section 39.053(c), for purposes of | ||
evaluating a dropout recovery school under the accountability | ||
procedures adopted by the commissioner to determine the performance | ||
rating of the school under Section 39.054: | ||
(1) only the best result from the primary | ||
administration or any retake of an assessment instrument | ||
administered to a student in the school year evaluated may be | ||
considered; and | ||
(2) only a student enrolled continuously for at least | ||
90 days during the school year evaluated may be considered. | ||
SECTION 9. The indicator measures and domains established | ||
under Section 39.053, as revised, shall be evaluated under the | ||
procedures in Section 39.054, as revised, beginning in August 2019. | ||
SECTION 10. (a) No later than December 1, 2017, the | ||
commissioner shall prepare a report to the governor, lieutenant | ||
governor, speaker of the House, and the chairs of the Senate | ||
committee on education and the House committee on public education | ||
that, to the greatest extent possible, describes and lists the | ||
ratings that would be assigned to each school and district under | ||
Section 39.054, if the domains and indicators described in Section | ||
39.053 in August, 2018, were in place in August, 2017, using | ||
available data from no later than the 2017-2018 school year. The | ||
report shall include information about the extent to which ratings | ||
under Section 39.054 correlate with student demographic | ||
characteristics, including economic status, continuously enrolled | ||
status, identification as a student with limited English | ||
proficiency under Section 29.052, and identification for special | ||
education under Section 29.003(b). | ||
(b) No later than December 1, 2018, the commissioner shall | ||
prepare a report to the governor, lieutenant governor, speaker of | ||
the House, and the chairs of the Senate committee on education and | ||
the House committee on public education that, to the greatest | ||
extent possible, describes and lists the ratings that would be | ||
assigned to each school and district under Section 39.054, if the | ||
domains and indicators described in Section 39.053 in August, 2019, | ||
were in place in August, 2018, using available data from no later | ||
than the 2017-2018 school year. The report shall include | ||
information about the extent to which ratings under Section 39.054 | ||
correlate with student demographic characteristics, including | ||
economic status, continuously enrolled status, identification as a | ||
student with limited English proficiency under Section 29.052, and | ||
identification for special education under Section 29.003(b). | ||
(c) This section expires on December 1, 2019. | ||
SECTION 11. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |