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.