Bill Text: TX HB3237 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to a temporary suspension of accountability sanctions for public schools and to studies on accountability assessment instruments.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-13 - Referred to Public Education [HB3237 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB3237-Introduced.html
| 86R12379 TSS-F | ||
| By: González of El Paso | H.B. No. 3237 | |
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| relating to a temporary suspension of accountability sanctions for | ||
| public schools and to studies on accountability assessment | ||
| instruments. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter K, Chapter 39, Education Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 39.335 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 39.335. ALTERNATIVE ACCOUNTABILITY INSTRUMENT STUDY. | ||
| (a) The agency shall conduct a study on potential alternative | ||
| assessment instruments that may be used for purposes of the state | ||
| accountability system instead of the assessment instruments | ||
| adopted under Section 39.023. | ||
| (b) Not later than December 1, 2020, the agency shall submit | ||
| a report to the legislature that includes the results of the study | ||
| and any recommendations for legislative or other action. | ||
| (c) This section expires September 1, 2021. | ||
| SECTION 2. Subchapter Z, Chapter 39A, Education Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 39A.907 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 39A.907. TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF SANCTIONS; | ||
| ASSESSMENT INSTRUMENT STUDY. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, | ||
| interventions and sanctions under this chapter may not be applied | ||
| to a school district or campus for an unacceptable performance | ||
| rating under Section 39.054 received for the 2019-2020 or 2020-2021 | ||
| school year. | ||
| (b) The performance rating assigned to a school district or | ||
| campus for the 2019-2020 or 2020-2021 school year may not be used as | ||
| the basis for the imposition of any intervention or sanction | ||
| authorized by this chapter after the 2020-2021 school year, | ||
| including an intervention or sanction authorized by Section 39A.101 | ||
| or 39A.111. | ||
| (c) The commissioner shall conduct a study to determine | ||
| whether, for each applicable grade level, each assessment | ||
| instrument administered under Section 39.023(a) is written at the | ||
| appropriate reading level for students in that grade level. | ||
| (d) As part of the study required by Subsection (c), the | ||
| commissioner shall provide notice of and hold at least one public | ||
| hearing to receive public comment. | ||
| (e) Not later than August 1, 2020, the commissioner shall | ||
| submit a report to the legislature that includes the results of the | ||
| study, a summary of the comments from the public hearing or | ||
| hearings, and any recommendations for legislative or other action. | ||
| (f) If the report submitted by the commissioner under | ||
| Subsection (e) indicates that any assessment instrument adopted | ||
| under Section 39.023(a) was written at a reading level above the | ||
| grade level of the students to which the assessment instrument was | ||
| administered, the commissioner shall revise the performance | ||
| standard for that assessment instrument under Section 39.0241 as | ||
| necessary to more accurately reflect student performance. | ||
| (g) This section expires September 1, 2023. | ||
| SECTION 3. Section 39A.907, Education Code, as added by | ||
| this Act, applies beginning with the 2019-2020 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, 2019. | ||
