Bill Text: TX HB75 | 2023 | 88th Legislature 4th Special Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the public school accountability system and the career and technology allotment under the Foundation School Program.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-11-08 - Filed [HB75 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB75-Introduced.html
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By: Guillen | H.B. No. 75 |
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relating to the public school accountability system and the career | ||
and technology allotment under the Foundation School Program. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 39.053(c), Education Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(c) School districts and campuses must be evaluated based on | ||
three domains of indicators of achievement adopted under this | ||
section that include: | ||
(1) in the student achievement domain, indicators of | ||
student achievement that must include: | ||
(A) for evaluating the performance of districts | ||
and campuses generally: | ||
(i) an indicator that accounts for 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: | ||
(a) 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 | ||
(b) 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 | ||
(ii) an indicator that accounts for the | ||
results of assessment instruments required under Section | ||
39.023(b), as applicable for the district and campus, 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; and | ||
(B) 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 51.334 on | ||
an assessment instrument in reading or mathematics designated by | ||
the coordinating board under that section; | ||
(ii) students who satisfy relevant | ||
performance standards on advanced placement tests or similar | ||
assessments; | ||
(iii) students who earn dual course credits | ||
in the dual credit courses; | ||
(iv) students who enlist in the armed | ||
forces of the United States or the Texas National Guard; | ||
(v) students who earn industry | ||
certifications; | ||
(vi) students admitted into postsecondary | ||
industry certification programs that require as a prerequisite for | ||
entrance successful performance at the secondary level; | ||
(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) high school graduation 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.) | ||
subject to the exclusions provided by Subsections (g), (g-1), | ||
(g-2), (g-3), and (g-4); | ||
(x) students who successfully completed an | ||
OnRamps dual enrollment course; | ||
(xi) students who successfully completed a | ||
practicum or internship approved by the State Board of Education; | ||
(xii) students who are awarded an associate | ||
degree; [ |
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(xiii) students who successfully completed | ||
a program of study in career and technical education; and | ||
(xiv) students who successfully completed a | ||
Pathways in Technology Early College High School (P-TECH) program | ||
established under Subchapter N, Chapter 29, or another early | ||
college high school program; | ||
(2) in the school progress domain, indicators for | ||
effectiveness in promoting student learning, which must include: | ||
(A) for assessment instruments, including | ||
assessment instruments under Subdivisions (1)(A)(i) and (ii), the | ||
percentage of students who met the standard for improvement, as | ||
determined by the commissioner; and | ||
(B) for evaluating relative performance, the | ||
performance of districts and campuses compared to similar districts | ||
or campuses; and | ||
(3) in the closing the gaps domain, the use of | ||
disaggregated data to demonstrate the differentials among students | ||
from different racial and ethnic groups, socioeconomic | ||
backgrounds, and other factors, including: | ||
(A) students formerly receiving special | ||
education services; | ||
(B) students continuously enrolled; and | ||
(C) students who are mobile. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 39.0544(a), Education Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(a) The commissioner shall adopt rules regarding the | ||
assignment of campus performance ratings by school districts and | ||
open-enrollment charter schools. The rules: | ||
(1) must require a district or school, in assigning an | ||
overall performance rating for a campus, to incorporate: | ||
(A) domain performance ratings assigned by the | ||
commissioner under Section 39.054; [ |
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(B) performance ratings based on locally | ||
developed domains or sets of accountability measures; and | ||
(C) any distinction designations awarded to the | ||
campus under Subchapter G; | ||
(2) may permit a district or school to assign weights | ||
to each domain, [ |
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designations described in Subdivision (1), as determined by the | ||
district or school, provided that the domains specified in | ||
Subdivision (1)(A) must in the aggregate account for at least 50 | ||
percent of the overall performance rating; | ||
(3) must require that each locally developed domain or | ||
set of accountability measures: | ||
(A) contains levels of performance that allow for | ||
differentiation, with assigned standards for achieving the | ||
differentiated levels; | ||
(B) provides for the assignment of a letter grade | ||
of A, B, C, D, or F; and | ||
(C) meets standards for reliability and | ||
validity; | ||
(4) must require that calculations for overall | ||
performance ratings and each locally developed domain or set of | ||
accountability measures be capable of being audited by a third | ||
party; | ||
(5) must require that a district or school produce a | ||
campus score card that may be displayed on the agency's website; and | ||
(6) must require that a district or school develop and | ||
make available to the public an explanation of the methodology used | ||
to assign performance ratings under this section. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 39.202, Education Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 39.202. ACADEMIC DISTINCTION DESIGNATION FOR | ||
DISTRICTS AND CAMPUSES. The commissioner by rule shall establish | ||
an academic distinction designation for districts and campuses for | ||
outstanding performance in attainment of postsecondary readiness. | ||
The commissioner shall adopt criteria for the designation under | ||
this section, including: | ||
(1) percentages of students who: | ||
(A) performed satisfactorily, as determined | ||
under the college readiness performance standard under Section | ||
39.0241, on assessment instruments required under Section | ||
39.023(a), (b), (c), or (l), aggregated across grade levels by | ||
subject area; or | ||
(B) met the standard for annual improvement, as | ||
determined by the agency under Section 39.034, on assessment | ||
instruments required under Section 39.023(a), (b), (c), or (l), | ||
aggregated across grade levels by subject area, for students who | ||
did not perform satisfactorily as described by Paragraph (A); | ||
(2) percentages of: | ||
(A) students who earned a nationally or | ||
internationally recognized business or industry certification or | ||
license; | ||
(B) students who completed a coherent sequence of | ||
career and technical courses; | ||
(C) students who completed a dual credit course | ||
or an articulated postsecondary course provided for local credit; | ||
(D) students who achieved applicable College | ||
Readiness Benchmarks or the equivalent on the Preliminary | ||
Scholastic Assessment Test (PSAT), the Scholastic Assessment Test | ||
(SAT), the American College Test (ACT), or the ACT-Plan assessment | ||
program; [ |
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(E) students who received a score on either an | ||
advanced placement test or an international baccalaureate | ||
examination to be awarded college credit; and | ||
(F) students who completed a Pathways in | ||
Technology Early College High School (P-TECH) program established | ||
under Subchapter N, Chapter 29, or another early college high | ||
school program; and | ||
(3) other factors for determining sufficient student | ||
attainment of postsecondary readiness. | ||
SECTION 4. Section 48.106(a-1), Education Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(a-1) In addition to the amounts under Subsection (a), for | ||
each student in average daily attendance, a district is entitled to | ||
$150 [ |
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enrolled: | ||
(1) a campus designated as a P-TECH school under | ||
Section 29.556; or | ||
(2) a campus that is a member of the New Tech Network | ||
and that focuses on project-based learning and work-based | ||
education. | ||
SECTION 5. This Act applies beginning with the 2024-2025 | ||
school year. | ||
SECTION 6. 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 on the 91st day after the last day of the | ||
legislative session. |