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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to suspending public school accountability ratings and |
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certain interventions and sanctions for the 2012-2013 school year. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 39.116, Education Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsections (a), (b), (e), (f), and (g) and adding |
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Subsection (e-1) to read as follows: |
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(a) During the period of transition to the accreditation |
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system established under H.B. No. 3, Acts of the 81st Legislature, |
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Regular Session, 2009, to be implemented in August 2013, the |
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commissioner shall [may] suspend assignment of accreditation |
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statuses and performance ratings for the 2011-2012 and 2012-2013 |
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school years [year]. |
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(b) As soon as practicable following the 2012-2013 |
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[2011-2012] school year, the commissioner shall report district and |
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campus performance under the student achievement indicators under |
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Sections 39.053(c)(1)(A) and (B). |
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(e) During the 2011-2012, [and] 2012-2013, and 2013-2014 |
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school years, the commissioner shall continue to implement |
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interventions and sanctions for districts and campuses identified |
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as having unacceptable performance in the 2010-2011 school year in |
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accordance with the performance standards applicable during the |
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2010-2011 school year and may increase or decrease the level of |
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interventions and sanctions based on an evaluation of the |
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district's or campus's performance. |
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(e-1) Subsection (e) does not apply to districts or campuses |
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that would have improved performance ratings had the performance |
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standards applicable during the 2012-2013 school year been in |
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effect in the 2010-2011 school year. |
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(f) For purposes of determining multiple years of |
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unacceptable performance and required district and campus |
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interventions and sanctions under this subchapter, the performance |
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ratings and accreditation statuses issued in the 2010-2011 and |
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2013-2014 [2012-2013] school years shall be considered |
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consecutive. |
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(g) This section expires September 1, 2015 [2014]. |
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SECTION 2. Subsection (c), Section 39.116, Education Code, |
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is repealed. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |