Enrolled Bill Summary

Senate Bill 1538	Senate Author:  Van de Putte et al.
Effective:  5-24-13	House Sponsor:  Farney et al.

            Senate Bill 1538 amends the Education Code to require the commissioner of education to designate a school district, an open-enrollment charter school, or a district or charter school campus with a majority high school enrollment consisting of students 17 years of age or older that is registered under alternative education accountability procedures adopted by the commissioner as a dropout recovery school. The bill requires the commissioner to use the alternative completion rate established by the bill to determine the student achievement indicator for a dropout recovery school and, in determining a dropout recovery school's performance rating, to include any student expelled from school for a serious offense who graduates or receives a high school equivalency certificate. The bill limits a determination of a dropout recovery school's performance rating with respect to student test performance to a consideration of only the best result from the primary administration and any retaking of a test administered to a student in the school year evaluated under the accountability procedures adopted by the commissioner.