By:  Harris of Tarrant                                S.B. No. 1343
                                 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
                                        AN ACT
    1-1  relating to the rules for accreditation of school districts.
    1-2        BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
    1-3        SECTION 1.  Subsection (b), Section 21.753, Education Code,
    1-4  is amended to read as follows:
    1-5        (b)  The criteria in the accreditation rules must include
    1-6  consideration of:
    1-7              (1)  goals and objectives of the district;
    1-8              (2)  compliance with statutory requirements and
    1-9  requirements imposed by rule of the State Board of Education under
   1-10  statutory authority;
   1-11              (3)  adequate performance under the indicators adopted
   1-12  under Section 21.7531 of this code;
   1-13              (4)  the relation between the academic excellence
   1-14  indicators adopted by the board under Section 21.7531 of this code
   1-15  and the campus performance objectives established under Section
   1-16  21.7532 of this code, including the manner in which the campus
   1-17  performance objectives were established and the progress of the
   1-18  campus in meeting the objectives;
   1-19              (5)  the quality of learning on each of the district's
   1-20  campuses based on indicators including scores on achievement tests;
   1-21              (6)  the quality of the district's appraisal of teacher
   1-22  performance and of administrator performance;
   1-23              (7)  the effectiveness of district principals as
    2-1  instructional leaders;
    2-2              (8)  the effectiveness of the district's campuses on
    2-3  the basis of the most current criteria identified by research on
    2-4  effective schools;
    2-5              (9)  the fulfillment of curriculum requirements;
    2-6              (10)  the effectiveness of the district's programs in
    2-7  special education based on the Central Education Agency's most
    2-8  recent compliance review of the district and programs for special
    2-9  populations;
   2-10              (11)  the effectiveness of teacher in-service training;
   2-11              (12)  the effective use of technology to enhance
   2-12  student achievement;
   2-13              (13)  the effectiveness of the district's remedial and
   2-14  support programs under Section 21.557 of this code for students at
   2-15  risk of dropping out of school;
   2-16              (14)  the effectiveness of the district's dropout
   2-17  prevention and recovery programs;
   2-18              (15)  efficient allocation of available resources;
   2-19              (16)  the presence and quality of comprehensive and
   2-20  developmental guidance and counseling programs on campuses; <and>
   2-21              (17)  the quality and effectiveness of the district's
   2-22  vocational education program; and
   2-23              (18)  the effectiveness of the board of trustees in
   2-24  governing the district.
   2-25        SECTION 2.  The importance of this legislation and the
    3-1  crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
    3-2  emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
    3-3  constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
    3-4  days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
    3-5  and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
    3-6  passage, and it is so enacted.