Bill Text: TX HB251 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to considering the performance of certain students on state assessment instruments in evaluating school district and campus performance.
Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-02-19 - Left pending in committee [HB251 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB251-Introduced.html
| 83R384 CAS-F | ||
| By: Guillen | H.B. No. 251 | |
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| relating to considering the performance of certain students on | ||
| state assessment instruments in evaluating school district and | ||
| campus performance. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 39.054, Education Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsection (d-2) to read as follows: | ||
| (d-2) In evaluating performance under Subsection (c), the | ||
| commissioner may not lower a performance rating for purposes of | ||
| this chapter based on unsatisfactory performance on an assessment | ||
| instrument administered under Section 39.023(a), (b), (c), (l), or | ||
| (n) to a student for a period of three years after the student's | ||
| initial enrollment in a school in the United States if the student | ||
| is a student of limited English proficiency, as defined by Section | ||
| 29.052. This subsection does not apply to a performance rating for | ||
| purposes of: | ||
| (1) compliance monitoring under Section 7.028; or | ||
| (2) public school accountability under federal law. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2013-2014 | ||
| school year. | ||
| SECTION 3. 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, 2013. | ||
