SRC-JJJ C.S.S.B. 225 76(R)BILL ANALYSIS


Senate Research CenterC.S.S.B. 225
76R8295 KKA-DBy: Bivins
Education
3/4/1999
Committee Report (Substituted)


DIGEST 

Currently, Texas law requires the board of trustees of a public school
district to publish an annual report describing the educational performance
of the district and of each campus that also includes uniform student
performance and certain descriptive information.  The report does not
include information regarding the performance of recent graduates from the
school district who are attending institutions of higher education.  This
bill would include, in the annual report to each school district,
information relating to the academic performance of high school graduates
in institutions of higher education, so that school districts are better
able to evaluate how successful their individual high schools are at
preparing students for college. 

PURPOSE

As proposed, C.S.S.B. 225 establishes certain conditions for measuring and
reporting the academic performance of public high school graduates in
institutions of higher education. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

This bill does not grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state
officer, institution, or agency. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Section 39.053(a), Education Code, to require the annual
report  published by each board of trustees describing the educational
performance of school districts and campuses to include information
received under Section 51.946 for each high school campus, presented in a
form determined by the commissioner of education. 

SECTION 2.  Effective date: September 1, 1999.

SECTION 3.  Emergency clause.

SUMMARY OF COMMITTEE CHANGES

SECTION 2.  

Deletes existing SECTION 2, which amends Chapter 51Z, Education Code,
regarding information relating to certain graduates. 

SECTION 3.

   Deletes existing SECTION 3, which repeals Section 51.403(e), Education
Code, requiring postsecondary institutions to report student performance.
Deletes existing SECTION 4 regarding the effective date and date by which
rules must be adopted.  Establishes the effective date as September 1,
1999.