1-1 By: Haley S.B. No. 705
1-2 (In the Senate - Filed March 9, 1993; March 9, 1993, read
1-3 first time and referred to Committee on Education; March 31, 1993,
1-4 reported favorably, as amended, by the following vote: Yeas 8,
1-5 Nays 0; March 31, 1993, sent to printer.)
1-6 COMMITTEE VOTE
1-7 Yea Nay PNV Absent
1-8 Ratliff x
1-9 Haley x
1-10 Barrientos x
1-11 Bivins x
1-12 Harris of Tarrant x
1-13 Luna x
1-14 Montford x
1-15 Shapiro x
1-16 Sibley x
1-17 Turner x
1-18 Zaffirini x
1-19 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO. 1 By: Luna
1-20 Amend SECTION 1, Section 21.1011(b) of S.B. No. 705 by
1-21 deleting "advanced or remedial" and substituting "accelerated".
1-22 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO. 2 By: Haley
1-23 Amend S.B. 705 as follows:
1-24 (1) On page 1, lines 37 and 38, strike the words "Each
1-25 school district" and substitute the words "Not sooner than May 31,
1-26 1995, the State Board of Education".
1-27 (2) On page 1, line 48, strike the word "developed" and
1-28 substitute the word "implemented".
1-29 (3) On page 1, line 50, strike the words "and implemented".
1-30 (4) On page 2, lines 36 and 37, strike SECTION 3.
1-31 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-32 AN ACT
1-33 relating to curriculum mastery plans for public school students.
1-34 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-35 SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 21, Education Code, is
1-36 amended by adding Section 21.1011 to read as follows:
1-37 Sec. 21.1011. CURRICULUM MASTERY PLAN. (a) Each school
1-38 district shall establish a curriculum mastery plan that allows each
1-39 student in the district to advance through the curriculum required
1-40 under Section 21.101 of this code in the minimum amount of time
1-41 required for the student to master the elements of the curriculum.
1-42 (b) A plan established under this section must include
1-43 provisions for advanced or remedial instruction for students as
1-44 needed to allow each student to maintain constant progress in
1-45 mastery of the curriculum elements. The plan may not include a
1-46 student's age as a factor in determining whether to allow a student
1-47 to advance to additional elements of the curriculum.
1-48 (c) The plan required by this section shall be developed
1-49 through the district-level decision process established under
1-50 Section 21.930 of this code and implemented at each campus in the
1-51 district as determined through the site-based decision-making
1-52 process established under Section 21.931 of this code.
1-53 SECTION 2. Subsection (b), Section 21.753, Education Code,
1-54 is amended to read as follows:
1-55 (b) The criteria in the accreditation rules must include
1-56 consideration of:
1-57 (1) goals and objectives of the district;
1-58 (2) compliance with statutory requirements and
1-59 requirements imposed by rule of the State Board of Education under
1-60 statutory authority;
1-61 (3) adequate performance under the indicators adopted
1-62 under Section 21.7531 of this code;
1-63 (4) the relation between the academic excellence
1-64 indicators adopted by the board under Section 21.7531 of this code
1-65 and the campus performance objectives established under Section
1-66 21.7532 of this code, including the manner in which the campus
1-67 performance objectives were established and the progress of the
1-68 campus in meeting the objectives;
2-1 (5) the quality of learning on each of the district's
2-2 campuses based on indicators including scores on achievement tests;
2-3 (6) the quality of the district's appraisal of teacher
2-4 performance and of administrator performance;
2-5 (7) the effectiveness of district principals as
2-6 instructional leaders;
2-7 (8) the effectiveness of the district's campuses on
2-8 the basis of the most current criteria identified by research on
2-9 effective schools;
2-10 (9) the fulfillment of curriculum requirements,
2-11 including the curriculum mastery plan required under Section
2-12 21.1011 of this code;
2-13 (10) the effectiveness of the district's programs in
2-14 special education based on the Central Education Agency's most
2-15 recent compliance review of the district and programs for special
2-16 populations;
2-17 (11) the effectiveness of teacher in-service training;
2-18 (12) the effective use of technology to enhance
2-19 student achievement;
2-20 (13) the effectiveness of the district's remedial and
2-21 support programs under Section 21.557 of this code for students at
2-22 risk of dropping out of school;
2-23 (14) the effectiveness of the district's dropout
2-24 prevention and recovery programs;
2-25 (15) efficient allocation of available resources;
2-26 (16) the presence and quality of comprehensive and
2-27 developmental guidance and counseling programs on campuses; and
2-28 (17) the quality and effectiveness of the district's
2-29 vocational education program.
2-30 SECTION 3. This Act applies beginning with the 1993-1994
2-31 school year.
2-32 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the
2-33 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-34 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-35 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-36 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
2-37 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
2-38 passage, and it is so enacted.
2-39 * * * * *
2-40 Austin,
2-41 Texas
2-42 March 31, 1993
2-43 Hon. Bob Bullock
2-44 President of the Senate
2-45 Sir:
2-46 We, your Committee on Education to which was referred S.B. No. 705,
2-47 have had the same under consideration, and I am instructed to
2-48 report it back to the Senate with the recommendation that it do
2-49 pass, as amended, and be printed.
2-50 Ratliff,
2-51 Chairman
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2-53 WITNESSES
2-54 FOR AGAINST ON
2-55 ___________________________________________________________________
2-56 Name: Jack Kelly x
2-57 Representing: TSTA
2-58 City: Austin
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2-60 Name: Laura Allard x
2-61 Representing:
2-62 City: Austin
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2-64 Name: Virginia Collier x
2-65 Representing: TASA
2-66 City: Austin
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2-68 Name: Lamont Veatch x
2-69 Representing: Tx Assoc. Secondary Principal
2-70 City: Austin
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3-2 Name: Eileen Lundy x
3-3 Representing: Tx Council of Teachers Englis
3-4 City: Austin
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3-6 Name: Marvin Veselka x
3-7 Representing: Tx Education Agency
3-8 City: Austin
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3-10 Name: Leroy F. Psencik x
3-11 Representing: Tx Education Agency
3-12 City: Austin
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