Bill Text: TX SB1318 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Engrossed
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Bill Title: Relating to designation of mathematics innovation zones by the commissioner of education and to the establishment of pay for success programs to provide necessary funding.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-01 - Effective on 9/1/17 [SB1318 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB1318-Engrossed.html
Bill Title: Relating to designation of mathematics innovation zones by the commissioner of education and to the establishment of pay for success programs to provide necessary funding.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-01 - Effective on 9/1/17 [SB1318 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB1318-Engrossed.html
By: Taylor of Collin | S.B. No. 1318 |
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relating to designation of mathematics innovation zones by the | ||
commissioner of education and to the establishment of pay for | ||
success programs to provide necessary funding. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 28, Education Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 28.020 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 28.020. MATHEMATICS INNOVATION ZONES. (a) The | ||
commissioner may: | ||
(1) on application of a school district or | ||
open-enrollment charter school, designate a campus of the district | ||
or school as a mathematics innovation zone; and | ||
(2) from funds appropriated or donated for purposes of | ||
this section, award a grant to support implementation of innovative | ||
mathematics instruction at the campus in accordance with this | ||
section. | ||
(a-1) The total amount of grants awarded under this section | ||
during the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2019, may not | ||
exceed $12.5 million. This subsection expires December 1, 2019. | ||
(b) A campus designated as a mathematics innovation zone | ||
must: | ||
(1) implement with fidelity an innovative mathematics | ||
instructional program approved by the commissioner for purposes of | ||
this section that addresses the essential knowledge and skills of | ||
the mathematics curriculum required by Section 28.002; | ||
(2) comply with objectives, metrics, and other | ||
mathematics innovation zone requirements imposed by the | ||
commissioner through rules adopted under Subsection (g); and | ||
(3) provide all data relating to the mathematics | ||
innovation zone requested by the agency. | ||
(c) A campus designated as a mathematics innovation zone is | ||
not subject to interventions under the state accountability system | ||
described by Section 39.107(a) or (e) for the first two years of the | ||
designation, provided that the campus implements the instructional | ||
program with fidelity and complies with each mathematics innovation | ||
zone requirement to the satisfaction of the commissioner. The | ||
period that a campus is exempt from interventions as provided by | ||
this subsection is not: | ||
(1) included in calculating consecutive school years | ||
under Section 39.107(a) or (e); or | ||
(2) considered a break in consecutive school years of | ||
unacceptable ratings for purposes of determining the need for | ||
intervention under Section 39.107(a) or (e). | ||
(d) The commissioner may revoke designation of a campus as a | ||
mathematics innovation zone and suspend associated grant funding if | ||
the commissioner determines that the campus has failed to implement | ||
the instructional program with fidelity or comply with any | ||
requirement imposed under this section. | ||
(e) A school district or open-enrollment charter school may | ||
use a pay for success program approved by the commissioner under | ||
Section 44.904 to pay costs associated with designation of a campus | ||
as a mathematics innovation zone. | ||
(f) The commissioner may accept gifts, grants, or donations | ||
from any public or private source for purposes of this section. | ||
(g) The commissioner may adopt rules as necessary to | ||
administer this section. | ||
(h) A decision or determination by the commissioner under | ||
this section is final and may not be appealed. | ||
SECTION 2. Subchapter Z, Chapter 44, Education Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 44.904 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 44.904. PAY FOR SUCCESS PROGRAMS. (a) In this | ||
section, "pay for success program" means a program involving | ||
private financing under which payments are dependent on achievement | ||
of measurable outcomes. | ||
(b) The commissioner may: | ||
(1) structure and approve pay for success programs for | ||
use by a school district or open-enrollment charter school; | ||
(2) evaluate and approve the following participants in | ||
a pay for success program: | ||
(A) a private investor; | ||
(B) an education service provider; and | ||
(C) a third-party evaluator; and | ||
(3) require an approved participant to comply with the | ||
objectives, metrics, and other pay for success program requirements | ||
prescribed by the commissioner. | ||
(c) In evaluating a potential participant under Subsection | ||
(b)(2), the commissioner may: | ||
(1) verify the availability and liquidity of the | ||
investment funds of a private investor; | ||
(2) evaluate the credentials and effectiveness of an | ||
education service provider; and | ||
(3) evaluate the credentials and independence of a | ||
third-party evaluator. | ||
(d) Notwithstanding any other law, a school district or | ||
open-enrollment charter school that uses a pay for success program | ||
approved by the commissioner is not subject to state procurement | ||
requirements that would otherwise apply to the activity funded | ||
through the program. | ||
(e) The commissioner, the agency, and agency employees are | ||
immune from liability for actions associated with the structuring, | ||
approval, or implementation of a pay for success program. | ||
(f) The commissioner may adopt rules as necessary to | ||
implement this section. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |