By: Haley S.B. No. 705
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
1-1 relating to a curriculum mastery plan for public school students.
1-2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-3 SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 21, Education Code, is
1-4 amended by adding Section 21.1011 to read as follows:
1-5 Sec. 21.1011. CURRICULUM MASTERY PLAN. (a) Not earlier
1-6 than May 31, 1995, the State Board of Education shall establish a
1-7 curriculum mastery plan that allows each student in the district to
1-8 advance through the curriculum required under Section 21.101 of
1-9 this code in the minimum amount of time required for the student to
1-10 master the elements of the curriculum.
1-11 (b) A plan established under this section must include
1-12 provisions for accelerated instruction for students as needed to
1-13 allow each student to maintain constant progress in mastery of the
1-14 curriculum elements. The plan may not include a student's age as a
1-15 factor in determining whether to allow a student to advance to
1-16 additional elements of the curriculum.
1-17 (c) The plan required by this section shall be implemented
1-18 through the district-level decision process established under
1-19 Section 21.930 of this code at each campus in the district as
1-20 determined through the site-based decision-making process
1-21 established under Section 21.931 of this code.
1-22 SECTION 2. Subsection (b), Section 21.753, Education Code,
1-23 is amended to read as follows:
1-24 (b) The criteria in the accreditation rules must include
2-1 consideration of:
2-2 (1) goals and objectives of the district;
2-3 (2) compliance with statutory requirements and
2-4 requirements imposed by rule of the State Board of Education under
2-5 statutory authority;
2-6 (3) adequate performance under the indicators adopted
2-7 under Section 21.7531 of this code;
2-8 (4) the relation between the academic excellence
2-9 indicators adopted by the board under Section 21.7531 of this code
2-10 and the campus performance objectives established under Section
2-11 21.7532 of this code, including the manner in which the campus
2-12 performance objectives were established and the progress of the
2-13 campus in meeting the objectives;
2-14 (5) the quality of learning on each of the district's
2-15 campuses based on indicators including scores on achievement tests;
2-16 (6) the quality of the district's appraisal of teacher
2-17 performance and of administrator performance;
2-18 (7) the effectiveness of district principals as
2-19 instructional leaders;
2-20 (8) the effectiveness of the district's campuses on
2-21 the basis of the most current criteria identified by research on
2-22 effective schools;
2-23 (9) the fulfillment of curriculum requirements,
2-24 including the curriculum mastery plan required under Section
2-25 21.1011 of this code;
2-26 (10) the effectiveness of the district's programs in
2-27 special education based on the Central Education Agency's most
3-1 recent compliance review of the district and programs for special
3-2 populations;
3-3 (11) the effectiveness of teacher in-service training;
3-4 (12) the effective use of technology to enhance
3-5 student achievement;
3-6 (13) the effectiveness of the district's remedial and
3-7 support programs under Section 21.557 of this code for students at
3-8 risk of dropping out of school;
3-9 (14) the effectiveness of the district's dropout
3-10 prevention and recovery programs;
3-11 (15) efficient allocation of available resources;
3-12 (16) the presence and quality of comprehensive and
3-13 developmental guidance and counseling programs on campuses; and
3-14 (17) the quality and effectiveness of the district's
3-15 vocational education program.
3-16 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
3-17 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
3-18 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
3-19 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
3-20 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
3-21 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
3-22 passage, and it is so enacted.