Bill Text: TX HR2637 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled


Bill Title: Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, H.B. No. 22.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2017-05-31 - Reported enrolled [HR2637 Detail]

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  H.R. No. 2637
 
 
 
R E S O L U T I O N
         BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the State of
  Texas, 85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017, That House Rule 13,
  Section 9(a), be suspended in part as provided by House Rule 13,
  Section 9(f), to enable the conference committee appointed to
  resolve the differences on House Bill 22 (public school
  accountability) to consider and take action on the following
  matters:
         (1)  House Rule 13, Section 9(a)(3), is suspended to permit
  the committee to add text on a matter that is not in disagreement in
  proposed SECTION 8 of the bill, in added Section 39.053(c-3),
  Education Code, to read as follows:
         (c-3)  Any standard for improvement determined by the
  commissioner as described by Subsection (c)(2)(A) must allow for
  appropriately crediting a student for growth if the student
  performs at the highest achievement standard in the previous and
  current school year.
         Explanation: The addition is necessary to provide an
  appropriate standard for measuring student growth in performance on
  assessment instruments.
         (2)  House Rule 13, Section 9(a)(3), is suspended to permit
  the committee to add text on a matter that is not in disagreement in
  proposed SECTION 10 of the bill, in amended Section 39.054(a),
  Education Code, by adding a sentence referencing added Section
  39.0544, Education Code, to read as follows:
         (a)  The commissioner shall adopt rules to evaluate school
  district and campus performance and assign each district and campus
  an overall performance rating of A, B, C, D, or F. In addition to
  the overall performance rating, the commissioner shall assign each
  district and campus a separate domain performance rating of A, B, C,
  D, or F for each domain under Section 39.053(c) [Sections
  39.053(c)(1)-(4)]. An overall or domain performance rating of A
  reflects exemplary performance. An overall or domain performance
  rating of B reflects recognized performance. An overall or domain
  performance rating of C reflects acceptable performance. An
  overall or domain performance rating of D reflect performance that
  needs improvement. An overall or domain performance rating of [or]
  F reflects unacceptable performance. A district may not receive an
  overall or domain performance rating of A if the district includes
  any campus with a corresponding overall or domain performance
  rating of D or F. If a school district has been approved under
  Section 39.0544 to assign campus performance ratings and the
  commissioner has not assigned a campus an overall performance
  rating of D or F, the commissioner shall assign the campus an
  overall performance rating based on the school district assigned
  performance rating under Section 39.0544. A reference in law to an
  acceptable rating or acceptable performance includes an overall or
  domain performance rating of A, B, [or] C, or D or performance that
  is exemplary, recognized, or acceptable performance or performance
  that needs improvement.
         Explanation: The addition is necessary to incorporate the
  local accountability system as a component in assigning performance
  ratings.
         (3)  House Rule 13, Section 9(a)(3), is suspended to permit
  the committee to add text on a matter that is not in disagreement in
  proposed SECTION 10 of the bill, in amended Section 39.054(a-2),
  Education Code, by adding a reference to added Section 39.0544,
  Education Code, to read as follows:
         (a-2)  The commissioner by rule may [shall] adopt procedures
  to ensure that a repeated performance rating of D or F or
  unacceptable in one domain, particularly performance that is not
  significantly improving, is reflected in the overall performance
  rating of a district or campus under Section 39.0544 and is not
  compensated for by a performance rating of A, B, or C in another
  domain.
         Explanation: The addition is necessary to provide a
  reference to the local accountability system.
         (4)  House Rule 13, Sections 9(a)(2) and (4), are suspended
  to permit the committee to omit text that amended Section 39.0546,
  Education Code, relating to performance in community and student
  engagement as a component of district and campus rating, on a matter
  that is not in disagreement, and add text on a matter that is not
  included in either the house or senate version of the bill by
  repealing in SECTION 19 of the bill Section 39.0546, Education
  Code.
         Explanation: The change is necessary to repeal Section
  39.0546, Education Code, which is no longer necessary with the
  addition of the local accountability system.
         (5)  House Rule 13, Section 9(a)(3), is suspended to permit
  the committee to add text on a matter that is not in disagreement in
  proposed SECTION 14 of the bill, in added Section 39.0544,
  Education Code, to read as follows:
         Sec. 39.0544.  LOCAL ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM. (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; and
                     (B)  performance ratings based on locally
  developed domains or sets of accountability measures;
               (2)  may permit a district or school to assign weights
  to each domain or set of accountability measures 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)  contain levels of performance that allow for
  differentiation, with assigned standards for achieving the
  differentiated levels;
                     (B)  provide for the assignment of a letter grade
  of A, B, C, D, or F; and
                     (C)  meet 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 web site;
  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.
         (b)  The commissioner shall develop a process to approve a
  request by a school district or open-enrollment charter school to
  assign campus performance ratings in accordance with this section.
  Under that process, a district or school must obtain approval of a
  local accountability plan submitted by the district or school to
  the agency. A plan may be approved only if:
               (1)  after review, the agency determines the plan meets
  the minimum requirements under this section and agency rule;
               (2)  at the commissioner's discretion, an audit
  conducted by the agency verifies the calculations included in the
  plan; and
               (3)  subject to Subsection (d), a review panel
  appointed under Subsection (c) approves the plan.
         (c)  The commissioner shall appoint a review panel for
  purposes of Subsection (b)(3) that includes a majority of members
  who are superintendents or members of the board of trustees or
  governing body of school districts or open-enrollment charter
  schools with approved local accountability plans.
         (d)  The requirement under Subsection (b)(3) applies only
  after performance ratings are issued in August 2019 and only if at
  least 10 school districts or open-enrollment charter schools have
  obtained approval of locally developed accountability plans. 
         (e)  A school district or open-enrollment charter school
  authorized under this section to assign campus performance ratings
  shall evaluate the performance of each campus as provided by this
  section and assign each campus a performance rating of A, B, C, D,
  or F for overall performance and for each locally developed domain
  or set of accountability measures. Not later than a date
  established by the commissioner, the district or school shall:
               (1)  report the performance ratings to the agency; and
               (2)  make the performance ratings available to the
  public as provided by commissioner rule.
         Explanation: The addition is necessary to provide a method
  to locally assess performance of campuses by school districts and
  open-enrollment charter schools.
         (6)  House Rule 13, Section 9(a)(4), is suspended to permit
  the committee to add text on a matter that is not included in either
  the house or senate version of the bill in proposed SECTION 19 of
  the bill by repealing Section 39.054(c), Education Code, as
  effective September 1, 2017.
         Explanation: The addition is necessary to repeal Section
  39.054(c), Education Code, which is no longer necessary under the
  modified performance evaluation system.
         (7)  House Rule 13, Section 9(a)(4), is suspended to permit
  the committee to add text on a matter that is not included in either
  the house or senate version of the bill in proposed SECTION 19 of
  the bill by repealing Section 39.0545, Education Code.
         Explanation: The addition is necessary to repeal Section
  39.0545, Education Code, which is no longer necessary with the
  addition of the local accountability system.
         (8)  House Rule 13, Section 9(a)(4), is suspended to permit
  the committee to add text on a matter that is not included in either
  the house or senate version of the bill in proposed SECTION 20 of
  the bill to read as follows:
         SECTION 20.  If H.B. 1500, 85th Legislature, Regular
  Session, 2017, becomes law, that law has no effect.
         Explanation: The addition is necessary to avoid a conflict
  in law.
 
  Huberty
 
  ______________________________
  Speaker of the House     
 
         I certify that H.R. No. 2637 was adopted by the House on May
  28, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 136, Nays 0, 2 present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
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