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]
Download: Texas-2017-HR2637-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 2637 |
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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) [ |
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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 [ |
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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, [ |
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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 [ |
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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 | ||
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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. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||