Bill Text: TX SB4 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to public school finance and public education.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-25 - Left pending in committee [SB4 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB4-Introduced.html
By: Taylor | S.B. No. 4 | |
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relating to public school finance and public education. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
ARTICLE 1. PUBLIC SCHOOL FINANCE | ||
SECTION 1.001. Section 5.001(4), Education Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(4) "Educationally disadvantaged" means: | ||
(A) eligible to participate in the national free | ||
or reduced-price lunch program established under 42 U.S.C. Section | ||
1751 et seq.; or | ||
(B) economically disadvantaged in any manner | ||
that may reasonably impact educational achievement, as determined | ||
by the commissioner. | ||
SECTION 1.002. Section 41.002(a), Education Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) A school district may not have a wealth per student that | ||
exceeds: | ||
(1) the wealth per student that generates the amount | ||
of maintenance and operations tax revenue per weighted student | ||
available to a district with maintenance and operations tax revenue | ||
per cent of tax effort equal to the maximum amount provided per cent | ||
under Section 42.101(a) or (b), for the district's maintenance and | ||
operations tax effort equal to or less than the rate equal to the | ||
sum of the product of the state compression percentage, as | ||
determined under Section 42.2516, multiplied by the maintenance and | ||
operations tax rate adopted by the district for the 2005 tax year | ||
and any additional tax effort included in calculating the | ||
district's compressed tax rate under Section 42.101(a-1); | ||
(2) the wealth per student specified under Subdivision | ||
(1) multiplied by _____ [ |
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the first six cents by which the district's maintenance and | ||
operations tax rate exceeds the rate equal to the sum of the product | ||
of the state compression percentage, as determined under Section | ||
42.2516, multiplied by the maintenance and operations tax rate | ||
adopted by the district for the 2005 tax year and any additional tax | ||
effort included in calculating the district's compressed tax rate | ||
under Section 42.101(a-1), subject to Section 41.093(b-1); or | ||
(3) the wealth per student specified under Subdivision | ||
(1) multiplied by _____ [ |
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and operations tax effort that exceeds the amount of tax effort | ||
described by Subdivision (2). | ||
SECTION 1.003. Section 41.004(a), Education Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) Not later than July 15 of each year, using the estimates | ||
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42.254, the commissioner shall review the wealth per student of | ||
school districts in the state and shall notify: | ||
(1) each district with wealth per student exceeding | ||
the equalized wealth level; | ||
(2) each district to which the commissioner proposes | ||
to annex property detached from a district notified under | ||
Subdivision (1), if necessary, under Subchapter G; and | ||
(3) each district to which the commissioner proposes | ||
to consolidate a district notified under Subdivision (1), if | ||
necessary, under Subchapter H. | ||
SECTION 1.004. Section 41.093(b-1), Education Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(b-1) If the guaranteed level of state and local funds per | ||
weighted student per cent of tax effort under Section | ||
42.302(a-1)(1) for which state funds are appropriated for a school | ||
year is an amount at least equal to the product of the amount of | ||
revenue per weighted student per cent of tax effort available to a | ||
school district with maintenance and operations tax revenue per | ||
weighted student per cent of tax effort equal to the maximum amount | ||
provided per cent under Section 42.101(a) or (b) multiplied by | ||
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commissioner, in computing the amounts described by Subsections | ||
(a)(1) and (2) and determining the cost of an attendance credit, | ||
shall exclude maintenance and operations tax revenue resulting from | ||
the tax rate described by Section 41.002(a)(2). | ||
SECTION 1.005. Section 42.101(a), Education Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) For each student in average daily attendance, not | ||
including the time students spend each day in special education | ||
programs in an instructional arrangement other than mainstream or | ||
career and technology education programs, for which an additional | ||
allotment is made under Subchapter C, a district is entitled to an | ||
allotment equal to the lesser of $ ______ [ |
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that results from the following formula: | ||
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where: | ||
"A" is the allotment to which a district is entitled; | ||
"DCR" is the district's compressed tax rate, which is the | ||
product of the state compression percentage, as determined under | ||
Section 42.2516, multiplied by the maintenance and operations tax | ||
rate adopted by the district for the 2005 tax year; and | ||
"MCR" is the state maximum compressed tax rate, which is the | ||
product of the state compression percentage, as determined under | ||
Section 42.2516, multiplied by $1.50. | ||
SECTION 1.006. Section 42.152(a), Education Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) For each student who is educationally disadvantaged or | ||
who is a student who does not have a disability and resides in a | ||
residential placement facility in a district in which the student's | ||
parent or legal guardian does not reside, a district is entitled to | ||
an annual allotment equal to the adjusted basic allotment | ||
multiplied by ____ [ |
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equivalent student who is in a remedial and support program under | ||
Section 29.081 because the student is pregnant. | ||
SECTION 1.007. Section 42.153(a), Education Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) For each student in average daily attendance in a | ||
bilingual education or special language program under Subchapter B, | ||
Chapter 29, a district is entitled to an annual allotment equal to | ||
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(1) 0.1; or | ||
(2) _____ if the student is in a bilingual education | ||
program using a dual language immersion/one-way or two-way program | ||
model. | ||
SECTION 1.008. Sections 42.154(a) and (c), Education Code, | ||
are amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) For each full-time equivalent student in average daily | ||
attendance in an approved career and technology education program | ||
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programs for students with disabilities in grades 7 [ |
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12, a district is entitled to: | ||
(1) an annual allotment equal to the [ |
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allotment multiplied by a weight of 1.35; and | ||
(2) $50, if the student is enrolled in two or more | ||
advanced career and technology education classes for a total of | ||
three or more credits. | ||
(c) Funds allocated under this section, other than an | ||
indirect cost allotment established under State Board of Education | ||
rule, must be used in providing career and technology education | ||
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education programs for students with disabilities in grades 7 | ||
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SECTION 1.009. Section 42.155, Education Code, is amended | ||
by amending Subsections (c), (g), and (i) and adding Subsection (m) | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(c) Each district or county operating a regular | ||
transportation system is entitled to a transportation [ |
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allotment based on the number of daily miles of approved route | ||
traveled by the system in providing transportation for [ |
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regular eligible students of the district or county multiplied by | ||
_____ cents per mile of approved route or a greater amount per mile | ||
of approved route set by appropriation [ |
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(g) A school district or county that provides special | ||
transportation services for eligible special education students is | ||
entitled to a state allocation paid on the basis of a previous | ||
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maximum rate per mile allowable shall be set by appropriation | ||
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to pay transportation costs, if necessary. The commissioner may | ||
grant an amount set by appropriation for private transportation to | ||
reimburse parents or their agents for transporting eligible special | ||
education students. The mileage allowed shall be computed along | ||
the shortest public road from the student's home to school and back, | ||
morning and afternoon. The need for this type transportation shall | ||
be determined on an individual basis and shall be approved only in | ||
extreme hardship cases. | ||
(i) In the case of a district belonging to a county | ||
transportation system, the district's transportation allotment for | ||
purposes of determining a district's foundation school program | ||
allocations is determined on the basis of the number of approved | ||
daily route miles in the district multiplied by the allotment per | ||
mile of approved route to which the county transportation system is | ||
entitled. | ||
(m) A school district that is required to take action under | ||
Chapter 41 to reduce its wealth per student to the equalized wealth | ||
level is entitled to a credit, in the amount of the allotments to | ||
which the district is entitled under this section, against the | ||
total amount required under Section 41.093 for the district to | ||
purchase attendance credits. The commissioner may adopt rules | ||
necessary to implement this subsection. | ||
SECTION 1.010. Subchapter C, Chapter 42, Education Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 42.1561 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 42.1561. ALLOTMENT FOR STUDENT WITH DYSLEXIA. (a) | ||
Subject to Subsection (b), for each student that a school district | ||
serves who has been identified as having dyslexia, the district is | ||
entitled to an annual allotment equal to the district's basic | ||
allotment multiplied by _____. | ||
(b) A school district is entitled to the allotment under | ||
Subsection (a) only for a student who: | ||
(1) is receiving instruction that: | ||
(A) meets applicable dyslexia program criteria | ||
established by the agency; and | ||
(B) is provided by a person with specific | ||
training in providing that instruction; or | ||
(2) has received the instruction described by | ||
Subdivision (1) and is permitted, on the basis of having dyslexia, | ||
to use modifications in the classroom and accommodations in the | ||
administration of assessment instruments. | ||
(c) Funds allotted under this section must be used in | ||
providing services to students with dyslexia. | ||
(d) A school district may receive funding for a student | ||
under this section and Section 42.151 if the student satisfies the | ||
requirements of both sections. | ||
SECTION 1.011. Section 42.158(d), Education Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(d) Subject to Subsection (d-1), the amount appropriated | ||
for allotments under this section may not exceed $ ______ [ |
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million in a school year. If the total amount of allotments to | ||
which districts are entitled under this section for a school year | ||
exceeds the amount appropriated under this subsection, the | ||
commissioner shall reduce each district's allotment under this | ||
section in the manner provided by Section 42.253(h). | ||
SECTION 1.012. Subchapter C, Chapter 42, Education Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 42.1581 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 42.1581. STUDY ON NEW INSTRUCTIONAL FACILITY | ||
ALLOTMENT. (a) The agency shall conduct a study on the amount of | ||
funding necessary to fully fund the new instructional facility | ||
allotment under Section 42.158, taking into account estimated | ||
growth in student enrollment. | ||
(b) Not later than September 1, 2020, the agency shall | ||
submit to the legislature a report on the results of the study and | ||
any recommendations for legislative or other action. | ||
(c) This section expires September 1, 2021. | ||
SECTION 1.013. Subchapter C, Chapter 42, Education Code, is | ||
amended by adding Sections 42.162, 42.163, and 42.164 to read as | ||
follows: | ||
Sec. 42.162. THIRD GRADE READING ALLOTMENT. (a) For each | ||
student who is educationally disadvantaged and performed | ||
satisfactorily during the preceding school year on a third grade | ||
reading multidimensional assessment on the list adopted by the | ||
commissioner under Subsection (b), a school district is entitled to | ||
an annual allotment equal to the district's basic allotment | ||
multiplied by ______. | ||
(b) The commissioner shall: | ||
(1) adopt a list of at least two third grade reading | ||
multidimensional assessments approved for purposes of this | ||
section; and | ||
(2) for each assessment included on the list under | ||
Subdivision (1), set a score that indicates satisfactory | ||
performance for purposes of this section. | ||
(c) Funds allocated under this section must be used to fund | ||
programs and services designed to improve student performance on a | ||
third grade reading multidimensional assessment included on the | ||
list adopted by the commissioner under Subsection (b). | ||
Sec. 42.163. EARLY READING ALLOTMENT. (a) For each | ||
student in average daily attendance in kindergarten through third | ||
grade, a school district is entitled to an annual allotment equal to | ||
the district's basic allotment multiplied by ______ if the student | ||
is: | ||
(1) educationally disadvantaged; or | ||
(2) in a bilingual education or special language | ||
program under Subchapter B, Chapter 29. | ||
(b) Funds allocated under this section must be used to fund | ||
programs and services designed to improve student performance on a | ||
third grade reading multidimensional assessment included on the | ||
list adopted by the commissioner under Section 42.162. | ||
(c) A school district is entitled to an allotment under each | ||
subdivision of Subsection (a) for which a student qualifies. | ||
(d) A school district may receive funding for a student | ||
under this section and under Sections 42.152 and 42.153, as | ||
applicable, if the student satisfies the requirements of each | ||
applicable section. | ||
Sec. 42.164. SMALL AND MID-SIZED DISTRICT ALLOTMENT. (a) | ||
Small and mid-sized districts are entitled to an annual allotment | ||
in accordance with this section. In this section: | ||
(1) "AA" is the district's annual allotment per | ||
student; | ||
(2) "ADA" is the number of students in average daily | ||
attendance for which the district is entitled to an allotment under | ||
Section 42.101; and | ||
(3) "BA" is the basic allotment determined under | ||
Section 42.101. | ||
(b) A school district that contains at least 300 square | ||
miles and has not more than 1,600 students in average daily | ||
attendance is entitled to an annual allotment for each student in | ||
average daily attendance based on the following formula: | ||
AA = ((1,600 - ADA) X .0004) X BA | ||
(c) A school district that contains less than 300 square | ||
miles and has not more than 1,600 students in average daily | ||
attendance is entitled to an annual allotment for each student in | ||
average daily attendance based on the following formulas: | ||
(1) for the fiscal year beginning September 1, 2019: | ||
AA = ((1,600 - ADA) X .00030) X BA; | ||
(2) for the fiscal year beginning September 1, 2020: | ||
AA = ((1,600 - ADA) X .000325) X BA; | ||
(3) for the fiscal year beginning September 1, 2021: | ||
AA = ((1,600 - ADA) X .00035) X BA; and | ||
(4) for the fiscal year beginning September 1, 2022: | ||
AA = ((1,600 - ADA) X .000375) X BA. | ||
(d) A school district that offers a kindergarten through | ||
grade 12 program and has less than 5,000 students in average daily | ||
attendance is entitled to an annual allotment for each student in | ||
average daily attendance based on the formula, of the following | ||
formulas, that results in the greatest annual allotment: | ||
(1) the formula in Subsection (b) or (c) for which the | ||
district is eligible; or | ||
(2) AA = ((5,000 - ADA) X .000025) X BA. | ||
SECTION 1.014. Effective September 1, 2023, Sections | ||
42.164(b) and (d), Education Code, as added by this Act, are amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
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attendance is entitled to an annual allotment for each student in | ||
average daily attendance based on the following formula: | ||
AA = ((1,600 - ADA) X .0004) X BA | ||
(d) A school district that offers a kindergarten through | ||
grade 12 program and has less than 5,000 students in average daily | ||
attendance is entitled to an annual allotment for each student in | ||
average daily attendance based on the formula, of the following | ||
formulas, that results in the greatest annual allotment: | ||
(1) the formula in Subsection (b), if [ |
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(2) AA = ((5,000 - ADA) X .000025) X BA. | ||
SECTION 1.015. Subchapter C, Chapter 42, Education Code, is | ||
amended by adding Sections 42.165 and 42.169 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 42.165. FAST GROWTH ALLOTMENT. (a) A school district | ||
in which the growth in student enrollment in the district over the | ||
preceding three school years is in the top quartile of student | ||
enrollment growth in school districts in the state for that period, | ||
as determined by the commissioner, is entitled to an annual | ||
allotment of $_______ for each student in average daily attendance. | ||
(b) An open-enrollment charter school is not entitled to an | ||
allotment under this section. | ||
Sec. 42.169. ALLOTMENT FOR STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTS IN COLLEGE, | ||
CAREER, OR MILITARY READINESS. (a) For each student who is | ||
educationally disadvantaged and graduated high school in the | ||
preceding school year demonstrating college, career, or military | ||
readiness as described by Subsection (b), a school district is | ||
entitled to an annual allotment equal to the basic allotment | ||
multiplied by _____. | ||
(b) For purposes of this section, a student demonstrates | ||
college, career, or military readiness if the student achieves | ||
minimum scores set by commissioner rule on the ACT, the SAT, an | ||
assessment instrument designated by the Texas Higher Education | ||
Coordinating Board under Section 51.334, or the Armed Services | ||
Vocational Aptitude Battery and graduates from high school having: | ||
(1) enrolled at a postsecondary educational | ||
institution; | ||
(2) earned an industry-accepted certificate; or | ||
(3) enlisted in the armed forces of the United States. | ||
SECTION 1.016. Section 42.252(a), Education Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) Each school district's share of the Foundation School | ||
Program is determined by the following formula: | ||
LFA = TR X DPV | ||
where: | ||
"LFA" is the school district's local share; | ||
"TR" is a tax rate which for each hundred dollars of valuation | ||
is an effective tax rate of the amount equal to the product of the | ||
state compression percentage, as determined under Section 42.2516, | ||
multiplied by the lesser of: | ||
(1) $1.50; or | ||
(2) the maintenance and operations tax rate adopted by | ||
the district for the 2005 tax year; and | ||
"DPV" is the taxable value of property in the school district | ||
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Chapter 403, Government Code. | ||
SECTION 1.017. Section 42.302(a-1), Education Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a-1) For purposes of Subsection (a), the dollar amount | ||
guaranteed level of state and local funds per weighted student per | ||
cent of tax effort ("GL") for a school district is: | ||
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tax revenue per weighted student per cent of tax effort equal to the | ||
maximum amount provided per cent under Section 42.101(a) or (b) | ||
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district's maintenance and operations tax rate exceeds the rate | ||
equal to the sum of the product of the state compression percentage, | ||
as determined under Section 42.2516, multiplied by the maintenance | ||
and operations tax rate adopted by the district for the 2005 tax | ||
year and any additional tax effort included in calculating the | ||
district's compressed tax rate under Section 42.101(a-1); and | ||
(2) the product of the amount of district tax revenue | ||
per weighted student per cent of tax effort available to a district | ||
with maintenance and operations tax revenue per cent of tax effort | ||
equal to the maximum amount provided per cent under Section | ||
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maintenance and operations tax effort that exceeds the amount of | ||
tax effort described by Subdivision (1). | ||
ARTICLE 2. PUBLIC EDUCATION | ||
SECTION 2.001. Chapter 4, Education Code, is amended by | ||
adding Section 4.003 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 4.003. 60x30TX GOALS. To further the state's master | ||
plan developed under Section 61.051 for at least 60 percent of all | ||
adults aged 25 to 34 in this state to achieve a postsecondary degree | ||
or workforce credential by 2030, the following goals are | ||
established: | ||
(1) at least 60 percent of all public school students | ||
shall perform satisfactorily on a third grade reading | ||
multidimensional assessment included on the list adopted by the | ||
commissioner under Section 42.162 by 2030; and | ||
(2) at least 60 percent of all public school students | ||
graduating high school shall meet college, career, and military | ||
readiness standards by 2030. | ||
SECTION 2.002. Subchapter B, Chapter 7, Education Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 7.038 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 7.038. 60x30TX PROGRESS REPORT. (a) Not later than | ||
December 1 of each even-numbered year, the agency and the Texas | ||
Higher Education Coordinating Board jointly shall prepare and | ||
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 assessing | ||
the state's progress toward achieving the 60x30TX goals established | ||
under Section 4.003. | ||
(b) The report must: | ||
(1) be combined with the Texas Higher Education | ||
Coordinating Board's report on the state's master plan for higher | ||
education required under Section 61.051(a-3); | ||
(2) analyze progress made toward the 60x30TX goals | ||
disaggregated by: | ||
(A) household income; | ||
(B) native language; | ||
(C) ethnicity; | ||
(D) gender; and | ||
(E) any other demographic category identified by | ||
the commissioner and the commissioner of higher education; and | ||
(3) include recommendations for legislative or other | ||
action, including statutory or funding changes, to assist the state | ||
in meeting those goals. | ||
SECTION 2.003. Section 11.252(a), Education Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) Each school district shall have a district improvement | ||
plan that is developed, evaluated, and revised annually, in | ||
accordance with district policy, by the superintendent with the | ||
assistance of the district-level committee established under | ||
Section 11.251. The purpose of the district improvement plan is to | ||
guide district and campus staff in the improvement of student | ||
performance for all student groups in order to attain state | ||
standards in respect to the achievement indicators adopted under | ||
Section 39.053(c). The district improvement plan must be aligned | ||
with the 60x30TX district plans developed under Section 11.2522 and | ||
include provisions for: | ||
(1) a comprehensive needs assessment addressing | ||
district student performance on the achievement indicators, and | ||
other appropriate measures of performance, that are disaggregated | ||
by all student groups served by the district, including categories | ||
of ethnicity, socioeconomic status, sex, and populations served by | ||
special programs, including students in special education programs | ||
under Subchapter A, Chapter 29; | ||
(2) measurable district performance objectives for | ||
all appropriate achievement indicators for all student | ||
populations, including students in special education programs | ||
under Subchapter A, Chapter 29, and other measures of student | ||
performance that may be identified through the comprehensive needs | ||
assessment; | ||
(3) strategies for improvement of student performance | ||
that include: | ||
(A) instructional methods for addressing the | ||
needs of student groups not achieving their full potential; | ||
(B) methods for addressing the needs of students | ||
for special programs, including: | ||
(i) suicide prevention programs, in | ||
accordance with Subchapter O-1, Chapter 161, Health and Safety | ||
Code, which includes a parental or guardian notification procedure; | ||
(ii) conflict resolution programs; | ||
(iii) violence prevention programs; and | ||
(iv) dyslexia treatment programs; | ||
(C) dropout reduction; | ||
(D) integration of technology in instructional | ||
and administrative programs; | ||
(E) discipline management; | ||
(F) staff development for professional staff of | ||
the district; | ||
(G) career education to assist students in | ||
developing the knowledge, skills, and competencies necessary for a | ||
broad range of career opportunities; and | ||
(H) accelerated education; | ||
(4) strategies for providing to middle school, junior | ||
high school, and high school students, those students' teachers and | ||
school counselors, and those students' parents information about: | ||
(A) higher education admissions and financial | ||
aid opportunities; | ||
(B) the TEXAS grant program and the Teach for | ||
Texas grant program established under Chapter 56; | ||
(C) the need for students to make informed | ||
curriculum choices to be prepared for success beyond high school; | ||
and | ||
(D) sources of information on higher education | ||
admissions and financial aid; | ||
(5) resources needed to implement identified | ||
strategies; | ||
(6) staff responsible for ensuring the accomplishment | ||
of each strategy; | ||
(7) timelines for ongoing monitoring of the | ||
implementation of each improvement strategy; | ||
(8) formative evaluation criteria for determining | ||
periodically whether strategies are resulting in intended | ||
improvement of student performance; and | ||
(9) the policy under Section 38.0041 addressing sexual | ||
abuse and other maltreatment of children. | ||
SECTION 2.004. Subchapter F, Chapter 11, Education Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 11.2522 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 11.2522. 60x30TX DISTRICT PLANS. (a) In addition to | ||
the district improvement plan developed under Section 11.252, each | ||
school district shall develop three-year and five-year district | ||
plans for achieving the 60x30TX goals established under Section | ||
4.003. | ||
(b) Each plan developed under Subsection (a) must identify | ||
student achievement goals for each of the following demographic | ||
categories: | ||
(1) household income; | ||
(2) native language; | ||
(3) ethnicity; | ||
(4) gender; and | ||
(5) any other demographic category identified by the | ||
commissioner. | ||
(c) Not later than September 1 of each year, each school | ||
district shall submit to the agency and post on the district's | ||
Internet website a report assessing the progress of the district | ||
and each campus in the district toward achieving the goals | ||
identified in the district's plans developed under Subsection (a). | ||
(d) The commissioner may adopt rules as necessary to | ||
implement this section. | ||
SECTION 2.005. Section 11.253(d), Education Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(d) Each campus improvement plan must be aligned with the | ||
60x30TX district plans developed under Section 11.2522 and: | ||
(1) assess the academic achievement for each student | ||
in the school using the achievement indicator system as described | ||
by Section 39.053; | ||
(2) set the campus performance objectives based on the | ||
achievement indicator system, including objectives for special | ||
needs populations, including students in special education | ||
programs under Subchapter A, Chapter 29; | ||
(3) identify how the campus goals will be met for each | ||
student; | ||
(4) determine the resources needed to implement the | ||
plan; | ||
(5) identify staff needed to implement the plan; | ||
(6) set timelines for reaching the goals; | ||
(7) measure progress toward the performance | ||
objectives periodically to ensure that the plan is resulting in | ||
academic improvement; | ||
(8) include goals and methods for violence prevention | ||
and intervention on campus; | ||
(9) provide for a program to encourage parental | ||
involvement at the campus; and | ||
(10) if the campus is an elementary, middle, or junior | ||
high school, set goals and objectives for the coordinated health | ||
program at the campus based on: | ||
(A) student fitness assessment data, including | ||
any data from research-based assessments such as the school health | ||
index assessment and planning tool created by the federal Centers | ||
for Disease Control and Prevention; | ||
(B) student academic performance data; | ||
(C) student attendance rates; | ||
(D) the percentage of students who are | ||
educationally disadvantaged; | ||
(E) the use and success of any method to ensure | ||
that students participate in moderate to vigorous physical activity | ||
as required by Section 28.002(l); and | ||
(F) any other indicator recommended by the local | ||
school health advisory council. | ||
SECTION 2.006. Section 12.104(b), Education Code, as | ||
amended by Chapters 324 (S.B. 1488), 522 (S.B. 179), and 735 (S.B. | ||
1153), Acts of the 85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017, is | ||
reenacted and amended to read as follows: | ||
(b) An open-enrollment charter school is subject to: | ||
(1) a provision of this title establishing a criminal | ||
offense; and | ||
(2) a prohibition, restriction, or requirement, as | ||
applicable, imposed by this title or a rule adopted under this | ||
title, relating to: | ||
(A) the Public Education Information Management | ||
System (PEIMS) to the extent necessary to monitor compliance with | ||
this subchapter as determined by the commissioner; | ||
(B) criminal history records under Subchapter C, | ||
Chapter 22; | ||
(C) reading instruments and accelerated reading | ||
instruction programs under Section 28.006; | ||
(D) accelerated instruction under Section | ||
28.0211; | ||
(E) high school graduation requirements under | ||
Section 28.025; | ||
(F) special education programs under Subchapter | ||
A, Chapter 29; | ||
(G) bilingual education under Subchapter B, | ||
Chapter 29; | ||
(H) prekindergarten programs under Subchapter E | ||
or E-1, Chapter 29; | ||
(I) extracurricular activities under Section | ||
33.081; | ||
(J) discipline management practices or behavior | ||
management techniques under Section 37.0021; | ||
(K) health and safety under Chapter 38; | ||
(L) public school accountability under | ||
Subchapters B, C, D, F, G, and J, Chapter 39, and Chapter 39A; | ||
(M) the requirement under Section 21.006 to | ||
report an educator's misconduct; | ||
(N) intensive programs of instruction under | ||
Section 28.0213; | ||
(O) the right of a school employee to report a | ||
crime, as provided by Section 37.148; [ |
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(P) bullying prevention policies and procedures | ||
under Section 37.0832; | ||
(Q) the right of a school under Section 37.0052 | ||
to place a student who has engaged in certain bullying behavior in a | ||
disciplinary alternative education program or to expel the student; | ||
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(R) the right under Section 37.0151 to report to | ||
local law enforcement certain conduct constituting assault or | ||
harassment; | ||
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regarding the provision of assistance for learning difficulties to | ||
the parent's child as provided by Sections 26.004(b)(11) and | ||
26.0081(c) and (d); and | ||
(T) the 60x30TX plans under Section 11.2522. | ||
SECTION 2.007. Subchapter H, Chapter 21, Education Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 21.360 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 21.360. EDUCATOR EFFECTIVENESS PROGRAM. (a) A school | ||
district may submit a request to the commissioner for state funding | ||
under this section to assist the district in providing merit salary | ||
increases under an educator effectiveness program approved by the | ||
agency and implemented by the district. | ||
(b) An educator effectiveness program must provide merit | ||
salary increases to educators based on an evaluation of the | ||
effectiveness of the educator under a multi-measure system | ||
developed by the district in partnership with stakeholders and the | ||
district's educators that includes measures that account for: | ||
(1) campus leader observations; | ||
(2) teacher peer review; | ||
(3) student surveys; and | ||
(4) student academic growth. | ||
(c) A school district must award higher merit salary | ||
increases under the district's educator effectiveness program to | ||
highly effective educators who are assigned to campuses with poor | ||
overall or domain performance ratings under Section 39.054. | ||
(d) To be eligible to receive funding for an educator | ||
effectiveness program under this section, a school district may: | ||
(1) implement a program developed by the agency; | ||
(2) collaborate with other school districts to develop | ||
a program to be approved by the agency; or | ||
(3) develop a program to be approved by the agency. | ||
(e) From funds appropriated for that purpose, the | ||
commissioner shall provide funding under this section in accordance | ||
with rules adopted by the commissioner. If funds are not available | ||
to provide funding to each school district that submits a request | ||
under Subsection (b), the commissioner shall give priority to: | ||
(1) school districts with the highest proportion of | ||
economically disadvantaged students; and | ||
(2) school districts with the highest number of | ||
campuses assigned an overall performance rating of F under Section | ||
39.054. | ||
(f) From funds provided to a school district under this | ||
section, the district shall use: | ||
(1) a small percentage of the funds to: | ||
(A) provide signing bonuses to new classroom | ||
teachers who attend educator preparation programs; | ||
(B) implement a mentoring program in which | ||
classroom teachers receiving merit salary increases under the | ||
district's educator effectiveness program mentor students and new | ||
classroom teachers; and | ||
(C) pay for costs associated with the development | ||
and implementation of the district's educator effectiveness | ||
program; and | ||
(2) a small percentage of the funds, which may not be | ||
more than three percent, to provide merit salary increases to | ||
outstanding principals as determined under the educator | ||
effectiveness program. | ||
(g) The percentage of classroom teachers in this state | ||
receiving a merit salary increase under this section may not | ||
exceed: | ||
(1) for the 2019-2020 school year, 10 percent; | ||
(2) for the 2020-2021 school year, 20 percent; | ||
(3) for the 2021-2022 school year, 30 percent; | ||
(4) for the 2022-2023 school year, 40 percent; | ||
(5) for the 2023-2024 school year, 50 percent; | ||
(6) for the 2024-2025 school year, 60 percent; | ||
(7) for the 2025-2026 school year, 70 percent; | ||
(8) for the 2026-2027 school year, 80 percent; | ||
(9) for the 2027-2028 school year, 90 percent; and | ||
(10) for the 2028-2029 school year and each subsequent | ||
school year, 100 percent. | ||
(h) A school district that receives funding for the | ||
district's educator effectiveness program under this section must | ||
annually submit to the agency a report providing the number, | ||
percentage, and retention rate of educators employed by the | ||
district under the educator effectiveness program. | ||
SECTION 2.008. Section 28.006(d), Education Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(d) The superintendent of each school district shall: | ||
(1) report to the commissioner and the board of | ||
trustees of the district the results of the reading instruments; | ||
(2) not later than the 60th day after the date on which | ||
a reading instrument was administered report, in writing, to a | ||
student's parent or guardian the student's results on the [ |
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instrument; and | ||
(3) using the school readiness certification system | ||
provided to the school district in accordance with Section | ||
29.161(e), report electronically each student's raw score on the | ||
reading instrument to the agency for use in the school readiness | ||
certification system. | ||
SECTION 2.009. Section 28.025(c), Education Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(c) A person may receive a diploma if the person is eligible | ||
for a diploma under Section 28.0251. In other cases, a student may | ||
graduate and receive a diploma only if: | ||
(1) the student successfully completes the curriculum | ||
requirements identified by the State Board of Education under | ||
Subsection (a) and complies with Sections 28.0256 and [ |
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39.025; or | ||
(2) the student successfully completes an | ||
individualized education program developed under Section 29.005. | ||
SECTION 2.010. Subchapter B, Chapter 28, Education Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 28.0256 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 28.0256. FINANCIAL AID APPLICATION REQUIREMENT FOR | ||
HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION. (a) Before graduating from high school, | ||
each student must complete and submit a free application for | ||
federal student aid (FAFSA) or, if applicable, a Texas application | ||
for state financial aid (TASFA). | ||
(b) A student is not required to comply with Subsection (a) | ||
if: | ||
(1) the student's parent or other person standing in | ||
parental relation submits a signed form indicating that the parent | ||
or other person authorizes the student to decline to complete and | ||
submit the financial aid application; or | ||
(2) the student signs and submits the form described | ||
by Subdivision (1) on the student's own behalf if the student is 18 | ||
years of age or older or the student's disabilities of minority have | ||
been removed for general purposes under Chapter 31, Family Code. | ||
(c) A school district or open-enrollment charter school | ||
shall adopt a form to be used for purposes of Subsection (b). | ||
SECTION 2.011. Subchapter D, Chapter 29, Education Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 29.124 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 29.124. REPORT. (a) Not later than December 1 of each | ||
year, the agency shall submit to the legislature a report comparing | ||
the number of students identified as gifted and talented students | ||
during each of the two preceding school years. | ||
(b) The report must include any recommendations for | ||
legislative or other action necessary to ensure that the number of | ||
students identified as gifted and talented students does not | ||
decline for any school year. | ||
SECTION 2.012. Section 29.153, Education Code, is amended | ||
by amending Subsections (b), (c), (d), and (f) and adding | ||
Subsections (c-1) and (d-1) to read as follows: | ||
(b) A child is eligible for enrollment in a prekindergarten | ||
class under this section if the child is at least three years of age | ||
and: | ||
(1) is unable to speak and comprehend the English | ||
language; | ||
(2) is educationally disadvantaged; | ||
(3) is a homeless child, as defined by 42 U.S.C. | ||
Section 11434a, regardless of the residence of the child, of either | ||
parent of the child, or of the child's guardian or other person | ||
having lawful control of the child; | ||
(4) is the child of an active duty member of the armed | ||
forces of the United States, including the state military forces or | ||
a reserve component of the armed forces, who is ordered to active | ||
duty by proper authority; | ||
(5) is the child of a member of the armed forces of the | ||
United States, including the state military forces or a reserve | ||
component of the armed forces, who was injured or killed while | ||
serving on active duty; | ||
(6) is or ever has been in the conservatorship of the | ||
Department of Family and Protective Services following an adversary | ||
hearing held as provided by Section 262.201, Family Code; [ |
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(7) is the child of a person eligible for the Star of | ||
Texas Award as: | ||
(A) a peace officer under Section 3106.002, | ||
Government Code; | ||
(B) a firefighter under Section 3106.003, | ||
Government Code; or | ||
(C) an emergency medical first responder under | ||
Section 3106.004, Government Code; or | ||
(8) is the child of an educator employed by a school | ||
district in this state. | ||
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be operated on a half-day basis for children under four years of age | ||
and shall be operated on a full-day basis for children who are at | ||
least four years of age. A district is not required to provide | ||
transportation for a prekindergarten class, but transportation, if | ||
provided, is included for funding purposes as part of the regular | ||
transportation system. | ||
(c-1) A prekindergarten class under this section for | ||
children who are least four years of age must comply with the | ||
program standards required for high quality prekindergarten | ||
programs under Subchapter E-1. | ||
(d) On application of a district, the commissioner may | ||
exempt a district from the application of all or any part of this | ||
section, including all or any part of Subchapter E-1 for a | ||
prekindergarten class described by Subsection (c-1), if the | ||
commissioner determines that: | ||
(1) the district would be required to construct | ||
classroom facilities in order to provide prekindergarten classes; | ||
or | ||
(2) implementing any part of this section would result | ||
in fewer eligible children being enrolled in a prekindergarten | ||
class under this section. | ||
(d-1) If the number of children who are eligible for | ||
enrollment in a prekindergarten class offered by a school district | ||
under this section exceeds the total number of open seats available | ||
in prekindergarten classes in the district, the district shall give | ||
enrollment preference to children who are eligible for enrollment | ||
under Subsection (b)(1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), or (7). | ||
(f) A child who is eligible for enrollment in a | ||
prekindergarten class under Subsection (b)(4), [ |
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remains eligible for enrollment after the child begins a | ||
prekindergarten class if, as applicable, the child's parent: | ||
(1) leaves the armed forces; | ||
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SECTION 2.013. Section 29.1531(a), Education Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) A school district may offer on a tuition basis or use | ||
district funds to provide: | ||
(1) an additional half-day of prekindergarten classes | ||
to children who are eligible for classes under Section 29.153 and | ||
are under four years of age; and | ||
(2) half-day and full-day prekindergarten classes to | ||
children not eligible for classes under Section 29.153. | ||
SECTION 2.014. Section 29.1543, Education Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 29.1543. EARLY EDUCATION REPORTS. The agency shall | ||
produce and make available to the public on the agency's Internet | ||
website annual district and campus-level reports containing | ||
information from the previous school year on early education in | ||
school districts and open-enrollment charter schools. A report | ||
under this section must contain: | ||
(1) the information required by Section 29.1532(c) to | ||
be reported through the Public Education Information Management | ||
System (PEIMS); | ||
(2) a description of the diagnostic reading | ||
instruments administered in accordance with Section 28.006(c); | ||
(3) the number of students who were administered a | ||
diagnostic reading instrument administered in accordance with | ||
Section 28.006(c); | ||
(4) the number of students whose scores from a | ||
diagnostic reading instrument administered in accordance with | ||
Section 28.006(c) indicate reading proficiency; [ |
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(5) the number of kindergarten students who were | ||
enrolled in a prekindergarten program in the previous school year | ||
in the same district or school as the district or school in which | ||
the student attends kindergarten; and | ||
(6) the number and percentage of students who perform | ||
satisfactorily on a third grade reading multidimensional | ||
assessment included on the list adopted by the commissioner under | ||
Section 42.162, disaggregated by whether the student was eligible | ||
for free prekindergarten under Section 29.153 and whether the | ||
student attended kindergarten in the district. | ||
SECTION 2.015. The heading to Subchapter E-1, Chapter 29, | ||
Education Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
SUBCHAPTER E-1. HIGH QUALITY PREKINDERGARTEN [ |
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SECTION 2.016. Section 29.164, Education Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 29.164. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "program" | ||
means a high quality prekindergarten [ |
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Section 29.153(c-1) to be provided free of tuition or fees in | ||
accordance with this subchapter. | ||
SECTION 2.017. Section 29.167(a), Education Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) A school district shall select and implement a | ||
curriculum for a prekindergarten [ |
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(1) includes the prekindergarten guidelines | ||
established by the agency; | ||
(2) measures the progress of students in meeting the | ||
recommended learning outcomes; and | ||
(3) does not use national curriculum standards | ||
developed by the Common Core State Standards Initiative. | ||
SECTION 2.018. Section 29.170(a), Education Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) The commissioner shall evaluate the use and | ||
effectiveness of prekindergarten funding [ |
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identify effective instruction strategies implemented by school | ||
districts under this subchapter. | ||
SECTION 2.019. Section 29.171(a), Education Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) A school district that offers a prekindergarten | ||
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enter into a contract with an eligible private provider to provide | ||
services or equipment for the program. | ||
SECTION 2.020. Subchapter Z, Chapter 29, Education Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 29.924 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 29.924. BLENDED LEARNING MATERIALS. (a) In this | ||
section, "blended learning" means an instructional delivery method | ||
that combines classroom and online instruction. | ||
(b) The commissioner shall develop a list of professional | ||
development materials for use by school districts that assist | ||
educators in implementing blended learning. The materials must be | ||
based on best practices for blended learning. | ||
SECTION 2.021. Sections 39.0261(a), (e), and (f), Education | ||
Code, are amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) In addition to the assessment instruments otherwise | ||
authorized or required by this subchapter: | ||
(1) each school year and at state cost, a school | ||
district may administer to students in the spring of the eighth | ||
grade an established, valid, reliable, and nationally | ||
norm-referenced preliminary college preparation assessment | ||
instrument for the purpose of diagnosing the academic strengths and | ||
deficiencies of students before entrance into high school; | ||
(2) each school year and at state cost, a school | ||
district may administer to students in the 10th grade an | ||
established, valid, reliable, and nationally norm-referenced | ||
preliminary college preparation assessment instrument for the | ||
purpose of measuring a student's progress toward readiness for | ||
college and the workplace; and | ||
(3) high school students in the spring of the 11th | ||
grade or during the 12th grade may select and take once, at state | ||
cost: | ||
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nationally norm-referenced assessment instruments used by colleges | ||
and universities as part of their undergraduate admissions | ||
processes; or | ||
(B) the assessment instrument designated by the | ||
Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board under Section 51.334. | ||
(e) Subsection (a)(3) does not prohibit a high school | ||
student [ |
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assessment instrument described by that subdivision [ |
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(f) The provisions of this section regarding assessment | ||
instruments administered under Subsection (a)(1) or (2) apply only | ||
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SECTION 2.022. Section 39A.105, Education Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 39A.105. CONTENTS OF CAMPUS TURNAROUND PLAN. (a) A | ||
campus turnaround plan must include: | ||
(1) details on the method for restructuring, | ||
reforming, or reconstituting the campus; | ||
(2) a detailed description of the academic programs to | ||
be offered at the campus, including: | ||
(A) instructional methods; | ||
(B) length of school day and school year; | ||
(C) academic credit and promotion criteria; and | ||
(D) programs to serve special student | ||
populations; | ||
(3) if a district charter is to be granted for the | ||
campus under Section 12.0522: | ||
(A) the term of the charter; and | ||
(B) information on the implementation of the | ||
charter; | ||
(4) written comments from: | ||
(A) the campus-level committee established under | ||
Section 11.251, if applicable; | ||
(B) parents; and | ||
(C) teachers at the campus; and | ||
(5) a detailed description of the budget, staffing, | ||
and financial resources required to implement the plan, including | ||
any supplemental resources to be provided by the school district or | ||
other identified sources. | ||
(b) If the campus is an elementary or middle school campus, | ||
the campus may submit a campus turnaround plan that provides for | ||
staffing of the campus with highly effective educators if the | ||
campus has implemented an educator effectiveness program under | ||
Section 21.360. From funds appropriated for that purpose, the | ||
commissioner shall provide matching funds to the school district at | ||
which the campus is located for a campus that submits a campus | ||
turnaround plan that includes the provisions of this subsection. | ||
ARTICLE 3. CONFORMING CHANGES | ||
SECTION 3.001. Section 7.062(c), Education Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(c) Except as otherwise provided by this subsection, if the | ||
commissioner certifies that the amount appropriated for a state | ||
fiscal year for purposes of Subchapters A and B, Chapter 46, exceeds | ||
the amount to which school districts are entitled under those | ||
subchapters for that year, the commissioner shall use the excess | ||
funds, in an amount not to exceed $20 million in any state fiscal | ||
year, for the purpose of making grants under this section. The use | ||
of excess funds under this subsection has priority over any | ||
provision of Chapter 42 that permits or directs the use of excess | ||
foundation school program funds, including Sections [ |
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42.2521, 42.2522, and 42.2531. The commissioner is required to use | ||
excess funds as provided by this subsection only if the | ||
commissioner is not required to reduce the total amount of state | ||
funds allocated to school districts under Section 42.253(h). | ||
SECTION 3.002. Section 8.051(d), Education Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(d) Each regional education service center shall maintain | ||
core services for purchase by school districts and campuses. The | ||
core services are: | ||
(1) training and assistance in: | ||
(A) teaching each subject area assessed under | ||
Section 39.023; and | ||
(B) providing instruction in personal financial | ||
literacy as required under Section 28.0021; | ||
(2) training and assistance in providing a gifted and | ||
talented program and each program that qualifies for a funding | ||
allotment under Section 42.151, 42.152, or 42.153[ |
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(3) assistance specifically designed for a school | ||
district or campus assigned an unacceptable performance rating | ||
under Section 39.054; | ||
(4) training and assistance to teachers, | ||
administrators, members of district boards of trustees, and members | ||
of site-based decision-making committees; | ||
(5) assistance specifically designed for a school | ||
district that is considered out of compliance with state or federal | ||
special education requirements, based on the agency's most recent | ||
compliance review of the district's special education programs; and | ||
(6) assistance in complying with state laws and rules. | ||
SECTION 3.003. Section 12.106(a-1), Education Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a-1) In determining funding for an open-enrollment charter | ||
school under Subsection (a): | ||
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adjustment for the state that would have been provided under that | ||
section as it existed on January 1, 2018. | ||
SECTION 3.004. Section 29.014(d), Education Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(d) The basic allotment for a student enrolled in a district | ||
to which this section applies is adjusted by[ |
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SECTION 3.005. Sections 29.918(a) and (b), Education Code, | ||
are amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) Notwithstanding Section [ |
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district or open-enrollment charter school with a high dropout | ||
rate, as determined by the commissioner, must submit a plan to the | ||
commissioner describing the manner in which the district or charter | ||
school intends to use the compensatory education allotment under | ||
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for developing and implementing research-based strategies for | ||
dropout prevention. The district or charter school shall submit | ||
the plan not later than December 1 of each school year preceding the | ||
school year in which the district or charter school will receive the | ||
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which the plan applies. | ||
(b) A school district or open-enrollment charter school to | ||
which this section applies may not spend or obligate more than 25 | ||
percent of the district's or charter school's compensatory | ||
education allotment [ |
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commissioner approves the plan submitted under Subsection | ||
(a). The commissioner shall complete an initial review of the | ||
district's or charter school's plan not later than March 1 of the | ||
school year preceding the school year in which the district or | ||
charter school will receive the compensatory education allotment | ||
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SECTION 3.006. Section 39.0233(a), Education Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) The agency, in coordination with the Texas Higher | ||
Education Coordinating Board, shall adopt a series of questions to | ||
be included in an end-of-course assessment instrument administered | ||
under Section 39.023(c) to be used for purposes of Subchapter F-1, | ||
Chapter 51. The questions adopted under this subsection must be | ||
developed in a manner consistent with any college readiness | ||
standards adopted under [ |
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SECTION 3.007. Section 41.034(a), Education Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) For the first and second school years after creation of | ||
a consolidated district under this subchapter, the commissioner | ||
shall: | ||
(1) adjust allotments to the consolidated district to | ||
the extent necessary to preserve the effects of an adjustment under | ||
Section [ |
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consolidating districts would have been entitled but for the | ||
consolidation; and | ||
(2) if either of the consolidating districts would | ||
have been entitled to an allotment under Section 42.164 but for the | ||
consolidation, adjust allotments to the consolidated district in | ||
the amount of the allotment to which the district would have been | ||
entitled under that section. | ||
SECTION 3.008. Section 41.099(a), Education Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
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(1) executes an agreement to purchase all attendance | ||
credits necessary to reduce the district's wealth per student to | ||
the equalized wealth level; | ||
(2) executes an agreement to purchase attendance | ||
credits and an agreement under Subchapter E to contract for the | ||
education of nonresident students who transfer to and are educated | ||
in the district but who are not charged tuition; or | ||
(3) executes an agreement under Subchapter E to | ||
contract for the education of nonresident students: | ||
(A) to an extent that does not provide more than | ||
10 percent of the reduction in wealth per student required for the | ||
district to achieve a wealth per student that is equal to or less | ||
than the equalized wealth level; and | ||
(B) under which all revenue paid by the district | ||
to other districts, in excess of the reduction in state aid that | ||
results from counting the weighted average daily attendance of the | ||
students served in the contracting district, is required to be used | ||
for funding a consortium of at least three districts in a county | ||
with a population of less than 40,000 that is formed to support a | ||
technology initiative. | ||
SECTION 3.009. Section 41.257, Education Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
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consolidated district still qualifies as a small or sparse | ||
district. | ||
SECTION 3.010. Section 42.007(c), Education Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(c) The funding elements must include: | ||
(1) a basic allotment for the purposes of Section | ||
42.101 that, when combined with the guaranteed yield component | ||
provided by Subchapter F, represents the cost per student of a | ||
regular education program that meets all mandates of law and | ||
regulation; | ||
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other funding elements for the programs authorized under Subchapter | ||
C, with the program funding level expressed as dollar amounts and as | ||
weights applied to the [ |
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appropriate year; | ||
(3) [ |
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state and local funds per student for the purposes of Subchapter F; | ||
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under Subchapter F; | ||
(5) [ |
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average daily attendance under Section 42.302; and | ||
(6) [ |
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facilities assistance program under Chapter 46. | ||
SECTION 3.011. Sections 42.105(a) and (c), Education Code, | ||
are amended to read as follows: | ||
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average daily attendance shall be provided a [ |
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allotment on the basis of 130 students in average daily attendance | ||
if it offers a kindergarten through grade 12 program and has | ||
preceding or current year's average daily attendance of at least 90 | ||
students or is 30 miles or more by bus route from the nearest high | ||
school district. A district offering a kindergarten through grade | ||
8 program whose preceding or current year's average daily | ||
attendance was at least 50 students or which is 30 miles or more by | ||
bus route from the nearest high school district shall be provided a | ||
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daily attendance. An average daily attendance of 60 students shall | ||
be the basis of providing the [ |
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district offers a kindergarten through grade 6 program and has | ||
preceding or current year's average daily attendance of at least 40 | ||
students or is 30 miles or more by bus route from the nearest high | ||
school district. | ||
(c) Notwithstanding Subsection (a) or Section [ |
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subsection applies, as provided by Subsection (b), that has fewer | ||
than 130 students in average daily attendance shall be provided a | ||
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average daily attendance if it offers a kindergarten through grade | ||
four program and has preceding or current year's average daily | ||
attendance of at least 75 students or is 30 miles or more by bus | ||
route from the nearest high school district. | ||
SECTION 3.012. Sections 42.151(a) and (k), Education Code, | ||
are amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) For each student in average daily attendance in a | ||
special education program under Subchapter A, Chapter 29, in a | ||
mainstream instructional arrangement, a school district is | ||
entitled to an annual allotment equal to the [ |
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allotment multiplied by 1.1. For each full-time equivalent student | ||
in average daily attendance in a special education program under | ||
Subchapter A, Chapter 29, in an instructional arrangement other | ||
than a mainstream instructional arrangement, a district is entitled | ||
to an annual allotment equal to the [ |
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multiplied by a weight determined according to instructional | ||
arrangement as follows: | ||
Homebound5.0 | ||
Hospital class3.0 | ||
Speech therapy5.0 | ||
Resource room3.0 | ||
Self-contained, mild and moderate, | ||
regular campus3.0 | ||
Self-contained, severe, regular campus3.0 | ||
Off home campus2.7 | ||
Nonpublic day school1.7 | ||
Vocational adjustment class2.3 | ||
(k) A school district that provides an extended year program | ||
required by federal law for special education students who may | ||
regress is entitled to receive funds in an amount equal to 75 | ||
percent, or a lesser percentage determined by the commissioner, of | ||
the [ |
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attendance, multiplied by the amount designated for the student's | ||
instructional arrangement under this section, for each day the | ||
program is provided divided by the number of days in the minimum | ||
school year. The total amount of state funding for extended year | ||
services under this section may not exceed $10 million per year. A | ||
school district may use funds received under this section only in | ||
providing an extended year program. | ||
SECTION 3.013. Section 42.152(a), Education Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) For each student who is educationally disadvantaged or | ||
who is a student who does not have a disability and resides in a | ||
residential placement facility in a district in which the student's | ||
parent or legal guardian does not reside, a district is entitled to | ||
an annual allotment equal to the [ |
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multiplied by 0.2, and by 2.41 for each full-time equivalent | ||
student who is in a remedial and support program under Section | ||
29.081 because the student is pregnant. | ||
SECTION 3.014. Section 42.157(a), Education Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), for each student | ||
in average daily attendance who is using a public education grant | ||
under Subchapter G, Chapter 29, to attend school in a district other | ||
than the district in which the student resides, the district in | ||
which the student attends school is entitled to an annual allotment | ||
equal to the [ |
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SECTION 3.015. Section 42.2518(a), Education Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) Beginning with the 2017-2018 school year, a school | ||
district is entitled to additional state aid to the extent that | ||
state and local revenue under this chapter and Chapter 41 is less | ||
than the state and local revenue that would have been available to | ||
the district under Chapter 41 and this chapter as those chapters | ||
existed on September 1, 2015, excluding any state aid or adjustment | ||
in wealth per student that would have been provided under former | ||
Sections 41.002(e)-(g) or former Section 42.2516, if the increase | ||
in the residence homestead exemption under Section 1-b(c), Article | ||
VIII, Texas Constitution, and the additional limitation on tax | ||
increases under Section 1-b(d) of that article as proposed by | ||
S.J.R. 1, 84th Legislature, Regular Session, 2015, had not | ||
occurred. | ||
SECTION 3.016. Section 42.302(a), Education Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) Each school district is guaranteed a specified amount | ||
per weighted student in state and local funds for each cent of tax | ||
effort over that required for the district's local fund assignment | ||
up to the maximum level specified in this subchapter. The amount | ||
of state support, subject only to the maximum amount under Section | ||
42.303, is determined by the formula: | ||
GYA = (GL X WADA X DTR X 100) - LR | ||
where: | ||
"GYA" is the guaranteed yield amount of state funds to be | ||
allocated to the district; | ||
"GL" is the dollar amount guaranteed level of state and local | ||
funds per weighted student per cent of tax effort, which is an | ||
amount described by Subsection (a-1) or a greater amount for any | ||
year provided by appropriation; | ||
"WADA" is the number of students in weighted average daily | ||
attendance, which is calculated by dividing the sum of the school | ||
district's allotments under Subchapters B and C, less any allotment | ||
to the district for transportation and[ |
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"DTR" is the district enrichment tax rate of the school | ||
district, which is determined by subtracting the amounts specified | ||
by Subsection (b) from the total amount of maintenance and | ||
operations taxes collected by the school district for the | ||
applicable school year and dividing the difference by the quotient | ||
of the district's taxable value of property as determined under | ||
Subchapter M, Chapter 403, Government Code, or, if applicable, | ||
under Section 42.2521, divided by 100; and | ||
"LR" is the local revenue, which is determined by multiplying | ||
"DTR" by the quotient of the district's taxable value of property as | ||
determined under Subchapter M, Chapter 403, Government Code, or, if | ||
applicable, under Section 42.2521, divided by 100. | ||
SECTION 3.017. Section 322.008(b), Government Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(b) The general appropriations bill may include for | ||
purposes of information the funding elements computed by the | ||
Legislative Budget Board under Section 42.007, Education Code[ |
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included, the funding elements under Section 42.007(c)(2) | ||
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SECTION 3.018. Section 825.405(b), Government Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(b) For purposes of this section: | ||
(1) the statutory minimum salary for certain school | ||
personnel under Section 21.402, Education Code, is the salary | ||
provided by that section multiplied by the cost of education index | ||
adjustment adopted by the foundation school fund budget committee | ||
and contained in Chapter 203, Title 19, Texas Administrative Code, | ||
as that chapter existed on March 26, 1997, applicable [ |
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member is employed; and | ||
(2) the statutory minimum salary for members who would | ||
have been entitled to the minimum salary for certain school | ||
personnel under former Section 16.056, Education Code, as that | ||
section existed on January 1, 1995, is a minimum salary computed in | ||
the same manner as the minimum salary for certain school personnel | ||
under Section 21.402, Education Code, multiplied by the cost of | ||
education index adjustment adopted by the foundation school fund | ||
budget committee and contained in Chapter 203, Title 19, Texas | ||
Administrative Code, as that chapter existed on March 26, 1997, | ||
applicable [ |
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in which the member is employed. | ||
ARTICLE 4. REPEALER | ||
SECTION 4.001. (a) The following provisions of the | ||
Education Code are repealed: | ||
(1) Section 29.097(g); | ||
(2) Section 29.098(e); | ||
(3) Section 29.165; | ||
(4) Section 29.166; | ||
(5) Section 39.233; | ||
(6) Section 39.234; | ||
(7) Sections 41.002(e), (f), and (g); | ||
(8) Section 41.098; | ||
(9) Section 42.102; | ||
(10) Section 42.103; | ||
(11) Section 42.104; | ||
(12) Section 42.155(b)(3); | ||
(13) Section 42.156; | ||
(14) Section 42.160; | ||
(15) Section 42.2513; and | ||
(16) Section 42.2517. | ||
(b) Effective September 1, 2023, Section 42.164(c), | ||
Education Code, as added by this Act, is repealed. | ||
ARTICLE 5. TRANSITION | ||
SECTION 5.001. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) of | ||
this section, Article 2 of this Act applies beginning with the | ||
2019-2020 school year. | ||
(b) Section 28.025, Education Code, as amended by this Act, | ||
and Section 28.0256, Education Code, as added by this Act, apply | ||
beginning with students enrolled at the 12th grade level during the | ||
2020-2021 school year. | ||
SECTION 5.002. Not later than September 1, 2019, the | ||
commissioner of education shall adopt the list of approved third | ||
grade reading multidimensional assessments as required under | ||
Section 42.162, Education Code, as added by this Act. | ||
SECTION 5.003. Not later than September 1, 2020, each | ||
school district shall submit and post on the district's Internet | ||
website the initial report required under Section 11.2522, | ||
Education Code, as added by this Act. | ||
SECTION 5.004. Not later than December 1, 2020, the Texas | ||
Education Agency and the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board | ||
jointly shall prepare and submit the initial report required under | ||
Section 7.038, Education Code, as added by this Act. | ||
SECTION 5.005. To the extent of any conflict, this Act | ||
prevails over another Act of the 86th Legislature, Regular Session, | ||
2019, relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in | ||
enacted codes. | ||
ARTICLE 6. EFFECTIVE DATE | ||
SECTION 6.001. Except as otherwise provided by this Act, | ||
this Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |