By Greenberg H.B. No. 2182
75R6994 ESH-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the use of high school completion rates under the
1-3 public school accountability system.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Sections 39.051(b) and (d), Education Code, are
1-6 amended to read as follows:
1-7 (b) Performance on the indicators adopted under this section
1-8 shall be compared to state-established standards. The degree of
1-9 change from one school year to the next in performance on each
1-10 indicator adopted under this section shall also be considered. The
1-11 indicators must be based on information that is disaggregated with
1-12 respect to race, ethnicity, sex, and socioeconomic status and must
1-13 include:
1-14 (1) the results of assessment instruments required
1-15 under Subchapter B aggregated by grade level and subject area;
1-16 (2) dropout rates;
1-17 (3) student attendance rates;
1-18 (4) high school completion rates, based on analyses of
1-19 cohort groups of ninth grade students who complete the 12th grade,
1-20 aggregated for districts and secondary schools that offer grade 12;
1-21 (5) the percentage of graduating students who attain
1-22 scores on the secondary exit-level assessment instruments required
1-23 under Subchapter B that are equivalent to a passing score on the
1-24 test instrument required under Section 51.306;
2-1 (6) [(5)] the percentage of graduating students who
2-2 meet the course requirements established for the recommended high
2-3 school program by State Board of Education rule;
2-4 (7) [(6)] the results of the Scholastic Assessment
2-5 Test (SAT) and the American College Test;
2-6 (8) [(7)] the percentage of students taking
2-7 end-of-course assessment instruments adopted under Section
2-8 39.023(c);
2-9 (9) [(8)] the percentage of students exempted, by
2-10 exemption category, from the assessment program generally
2-11 applicable under this subchapter; and
2-12 (10) [(9)] any other indicator the State Board of
2-13 Education adopts.
2-14 (d) Annually, the commissioner shall define exemplary,
2-15 recognized, and unacceptable performance for each academic
2-16 excellence indicator included under Subsections (b)(1) through (7)
2-17 [(6)] and shall project the standards for each of those levels of
2-18 performance for succeeding years.
2-19 SECTION 2. Section 39.052(b), Education Code, is amended to
2-20 read as follows:
2-21 (b) The report card shall include the following information
2-22 where applicable:
2-23 (1) the academic excellence indicators adopted under
2-24 Sections 39.051(b)(1) through (9) [(8)];
2-25 (2) student/teacher ratios; and
2-26 (3) administrative and instructional costs per
2-27 student.
3-1 SECTION 3. Sections 39.072(b) and (c), Education Code, are
3-2 amended to read as follows:
3-3 (b) The academic excellence indicators adopted under
3-4 Sections 39.051(b)(1) through (7) [(6)] shall be the main
3-5 consideration of the agency in the rating of the district under
3-6 this section. Additional criteria in the rules may include
3-7 consideration of:
3-8 (1) compliance with statutory requirements and
3-9 requirements imposed by rule of the State Board of Education under
3-10 specific statutory authority that relate to:
3-11 (A) reporting data through the Public Education
3-12 Information Management System (PEIMS);
3-13 (B) the high school graduation requirements
3-14 under Section 28.025; or
3-15 (C) an item listed in Sections
3-16 7.056(e)(3)(C)-(I) that applies to the district; and
3-17 (2) the effectiveness of the district's programs in
3-18 special education based on the agency's most recent compliance
3-19 review of the district and programs for special populations.
3-20 (c) The agency shall evaluate against state standards and
3-21 shall report the performance of each campus in a district and each
3-22 open-enrollment charter school on the basis of the campus's
3-23 performance on the indicators adopted under Sections 39.051(b)(1)
3-24 through (7) [(6)].
3-25 SECTION 4. Sections 39.073(a) and (b), Education Code, are
3-26 amended to read as follows:
3-27 (a) The agency shall annually review the performance of each
4-1 district and campus on the indicators adopted under Sections
4-2 39.051(b)(1) through (7) [(6)] and determine if a change in the
4-3 accreditation status of the district is warranted.
4-4 (b) Each annual review shall include an analysis of the
4-5 indicators under Sections 39.051(b)(1) through (7) [(6)] to
4-6 determine district and campus performance in relation to:
4-7 (1) standards established for each indicator;
4-8 (2) required improvement as defined under Section
4-9 39.051(c); and
4-10 (3) comparable improvement as defined by Section
4-11 39.051(c).
4-12 SECTION 5. Section 39.074(e), Education Code, is amended to
4-13 read as follows:
4-14 (e) If an annual review indicates low performance on one or
4-15 more of the indicators under Sections 39.051(b)(1) through (7)
4-16 [(6)] of one or more campuses in a district, the agency may conduct
4-17 an on-site evaluation of those campuses only.
4-18 SECTION 6. As directed by the Texas Education Agency, each
4-19 school district shall report the information required by Section
4-20 39.051(b)(4), Education Code, as amended by this Act, beginning
4-21 with the 1997-1998 school year. The Texas Education Agency shall
4-22 use the information required by Section 39.051(b)(4), Education
4-23 Code, as amended by this Act, in determining the accreditation
4-24 status of school districts and performance rating of campuses
4-25 beginning with the 1998-1999 school year.
4-26 SECTION 7. The importance of this legislation and the
4-27 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
5-1 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
5-2 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
5-3 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
5-4 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
5-5 passage, and it is so enacted.