Bill Text: TX HB807 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to evaluation under the state accountability system of school district campuses that enroll certain students who receive special education services.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-01 - Referred to Public Education [HB807 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB807-Introduced.html
| By: Hinojosa | H.B. No. 807 | |
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| relating to evaluation under the state accountability system of | ||
| school district campuses that enroll certain students who receive | ||
| special education services. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 39, Education Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 39.0547 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 39.0547. EVALUATING SPECIALIZED SUPPORT CAMPUSES. (a) | ||
| In this section, "specialized support campus" means a school | ||
| district campus that: | ||
| (1) has a campus identification number; | ||
| (2) serves students enrolled in any grade level at | ||
| which state assessment instruments are administered; and | ||
| (3) has a student enrollment in which: | ||
| (A) at least 90 percent of students receive | ||
| special education services under Subchapter A, Chapter 29; and | ||
| (B) a significant percentage of the students | ||
| required to take an assessment instrument under Section 39.023: | ||
| (i) take an alternative assessment | ||
| instrument under Section 39.023(b) or (b-1); and | ||
| (ii) are unable to provide an authentic | ||
| academic response on that assessment instrument. | ||
| (b) The commissioner, in consultation with administrators | ||
| of specialized support campuses, teachers at specialized support | ||
| campuses, parents and guardians of students enrolled at specialized | ||
| support campuses, and other stakeholders, by rule shall establish | ||
| appropriate accountability guidelines under this chapter for use by | ||
| a specialized support campus in developing an alternative | ||
| accountability plan under Subsection (c) based on the specific | ||
| student population served by the campus. The commissioner shall | ||
| provide for public notice and comment in adopting rules under this | ||
| subsection. | ||
| (c) A specialized support campus may develop and submit to | ||
| the commissioner for approval an alternative accountability plan | ||
| tailored to the student population served by the campus, based on | ||
| the guidelines established under Subsection (b). The commissioner | ||
| may approve the alternative accountability plan only if the plan: | ||
| (1) follows the guidelines established under | ||
| Subsection (b); and | ||
| (2) complies with applicable federal law. | ||
| (d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, if the | ||
| commissioner approves an alternative accountability plan developed | ||
| by a specialized support campus under Subsection (c), the | ||
| commissioner shall determine, report, and consider the performance | ||
| of students enrolled at the campus using that plan. | ||
| (e) Not later than December 1, 2024, the commissioner shall | ||
| submit to the governor, the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the | ||
| house of representatives, and the standing legislative committees | ||
| with primary jurisdiction over public education a report on the | ||
| effectiveness of this section in evaluating specialized support | ||
| campuses and any recommendations for legislative or other action. | ||
| (f) This section expires September 1, 2025. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2021-2022 | ||
| 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, 2021. | ||
