HBA-JEK H.B. 1435 77(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 1435
By: Capelo
Public Education
4/2/2001
Introduced



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Public school accountability includes performance indicators that are used
to assess the performance of students as they progress through the school
system.  Performance indicators include attendance rates, drop out rates,
and assessment instrument scores.  One goal of our public schools is to
prepare students for higher education, yet the number of students who
advance to higher education is not included among the performance
indicators.  House Bill 1435 provides that the indicators must include the
percentage of students who enroll in an institution of higher education
within one year of their high school graduation. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does
not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state
officer, department, agency, or institution. 

ANALYSIS

House Bill 1435 amends the Education Code to add the percentage of students
graduating during the preceding school year who enrolled in institutions of
higher education on or before the first anniversary of the date of high
school graduation to the list of academic excellence indicators. 

EFFECTIVE DATE

On passage, or if the Act does not receive the necessary vote, the Act
takes effect September 1, 2001. The Act applies beginning with the
2001-2002 school year.