By Hochberg H.B. No. 877
76R2854 CAS-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the academic excellence indicator system used to
1-3 evaluate public schools.
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 Sections 39.023(a) and (c), aggregated by grade level and
1-16 subject area;
1-17 (2) dropout rates;
1-18 (3) student attendance rates;
1-19 (4) the percentage of graduating students who attain
1-20 scores on the secondary exit-level assessment instruments required
1-21 under Subchapter B that are equivalent to a passing score on the
1-22 test instrument required under Section 51.306;
1-23 (5) the percentage of graduating students who meet the
1-24 course requirements established for the recommended high school
2-1 program by State Board of Education rule;
2-2 (6) the results of the Scholastic Assessment Test
2-3 (SAT) and the American College Test;
2-4 (7) for students who have failed to perform
2-5 satisfactorily on an assessment instrument required under Section
2-6 39.023(a) or (c), the numerical progress of those students on
2-7 subsequent assessment instruments required under those sections,
2-8 aggregated by grade level and subject area;
2-9 (8) the percentage of students taking end-of-course
2-10 assessment instruments adopted under Section 39.023(d);
2-11 (9) [(8)] the percentage of students exempted, by
2-12 exemption category, from the assessment program generally
2-13 applicable under this subchapter; and
2-14 (10) [(9)] any other indicator the State Board of
2-15 Education adopts.
2-16 (d) Annually, the commissioner shall define exemplary,
2-17 recognized, and unacceptable performance for each academic
2-18 excellence indicator included under Subsections (b)(1) through (7)
2-19 [(6)] and shall project the standards for each of those levels of
2-20 performance for succeeding years.
2-21 SECTION 2. Section 39.052(b), Education Code, is amended to
2-22 read as follows:
2-23 (b) The report card shall include the following information
2-24 where applicable:
2-25 (1) the academic excellence indicators adopted under
2-26 Sections 39.051(b)(1) through (9) [(8)];
2-27 (2) student/teacher ratios; and
3-1 (3) administrative and instructional costs per
3-2 student.
3-3 SECTION 3. Sections 39.072(b) and (c), Education Code, are
3-4 amended to read as follows:
3-5 (b) The academic excellence indicators adopted under
3-6 Sections 39.051(b)(1) through (7) [(6)] shall be the main
3-7 consideration of the agency in the rating of the district under
3-8 this section. Additional criteria in the rules may include
3-9 consideration of:
3-10 (1) compliance with statutory requirements and
3-11 requirements imposed by rule of the State Board of Education under
3-12 specific statutory authority that relate to:
3-13 (A) reporting data through the Public Education
3-14 Information Management System (PEIMS);
3-15 (B) the high school graduation requirements
3-16 under Section 28.025; or
3-17 (C) an item listed in Sections
3-18 7.056(e)(3)(C)-(I) that applies to the district; and
3-19 (2) the effectiveness of the district's programs in
3-20 special education based on the agency's most recent compliance
3-21 review of the district and programs for special populations.
3-22 (c) The agency shall evaluate against state standards and
3-23 shall report the performance of each campus in a district and each
3-24 open-enrollment charter school on the basis of the campus's
3-25 performance on the indicators adopted under Sections 39.051(b)(1)
3-26 through (7) [(6)].
3-27 SECTION 4. Section 39.073(a), Education Code, is amended to
4-1 read as follows:
4-2 (a) The agency shall annually review the performance of each
4-3 district and campus on the indicators adopted under Sections
4-4 39.051(b)(1) through (7) [(6)] and determine if a change in the
4-5 accreditation status of the district is warranted.
4-6 SECTION 5. Section 39.074(e), Education Code, is amended to
4-7 read as follows:
4-8 (e) If an annual review indicates low performance on one or
4-9 more of the indicators under Sections 39.051(b)(1) through (7)
4-10 [(6)] of one or more campuses in a district, the agency may conduct
4-11 an on-site evaluation of those campuses only.
4-12 SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 1999.
4-13 SECTION 7. The importance of this legislation and the
4-14 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
4-15 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
4-16 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
4-17 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.