Amend CSHB 1144, Senate Committee Report, by striking
existing SECTION 12 of the bill (page 8, lines 9-55) and
substituting the following:
      SECTION 12.  (a)  Subchapter D, Chapter 39, Education Code,
is amended by adding Section 39.0721 to read as follows:
      Sec. 39.0721.  GOLD PERFORMANCE RATING PROGRAM. (a)  In
addition to district and campus performance ratings reported under
Section 39.072, the commissioner shall develop a gold performance
rating program based on enhanced performance.  The agency shall
administer the program.
      (b)  Under the gold performance rating program, a district or
campus rated exemplary under Section 39.072 is eligible for an
exemplary gold rating, a district or campus rated recognized is
eligible for a recognized gold rating, and a district or campus
rated academically acceptable is eligible for an academically
acceptable gold rating.
      (c)  The performance standards on which a gold performance
rating is based should include:
            (1)  student proficiency on:
                  (A)  assessment instruments administered under
Sections 39.023(a), (c), and (l); and
                  (B)  other measures of proficiency determined by
the commissioner;
            (2)  student performance on one or more nationally
recognized norm-referenced assessment instruments;
            (3)  improvement in student performance;
            (4)  in the case of middle or junior high school
campuses, student proficiency in mathematics, including algebra;
and
            (5)  in the case of high school campuses:
                  (A)  the extent to which graduating students are
academically prepared to attend institutions of higher education;
                  (B)  the percentage of students who take advanced
placement tests and student performance on those tests; and
                  (C)  the percentage of students who take and
successfully complete advanced academic courses or college-level
course work offered through dual credit programs provided under
agreements between high schools and institutions of higher
education.
      (d)  The commissioner may adopt rules as necessary to
implement and administer this section.
      (b)  Not later than June 30, 2002, the commissioner of
education shall complete development of the gold performance rating
program as provided by Section 39.0721, Education Code, as added by
Subsection (a) of this section, and shall adopt any rules necessary
for implementation and administration of Section 39.0721, Education
Code.
      (c)  Beginning with the 2001-2002 school year, the Texas
Education Agency shall implement the gold performance rating
program under Section 39.0721, Education Code, as added by
Subsection (a) of this section.