By Capelo H.B. No. 1435
77R4348 CAS-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the performance indicators used for purposes of public
1-3 school accountability.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 39.051(b), Education Code, as amended by
1-6 Chapters 396, 397, and 1422, Acts of the 76th Legislature, Regular
1-7 Session, 1999, is reenacted and amended to read as follows:
1-8 (b) Performance on the indicators adopted under this section
1-9 shall be compared to state-established standards. The degree of
1-10 change from one school year to the next in performance on each
1-11 indicator adopted under this section shall also be considered. The
1-12 indicators must be based on information that is disaggregated with
1-13 respect to race, ethnicity, sex, and socioeconomic status and must
1-14 include:
1-15 (1) the results of assessment instruments required
1-16 under Sections 39.023(a), (c), and (l), aggregated by grade level
1-17 and subject area;
1-18 (2) dropout rates;
1-19 (3) student attendance rates;
1-20 (4) the percentage of graduating students who attain
1-21 scores on the secondary exit-level assessment instruments required
1-22 under Subchapter B that are equivalent to a passing score on the
1-23 test instrument required under Section 51.306;
1-24 (5) the percentage of graduating students who meet the
2-1 course requirements established for the recommended high school
2-2 program by State Board of Education rule;
2-3 (6) the results of the Scholastic Assessment Test
2-4 (SAT), the American College Test, articulated postsecondary degree
2-5 programs described by Section 61.852, and certified workforce
2-6 training programs described by Chapter 311, Labor Code;
2-7 (7) the number of students, aggregated by grade level,
2-8 provided accelerated instruction under Section 28.0211(c), the
2-9 results of assessments administered under that section, the number
2-10 of students promoted through the grade placement committee process
2-11 under Section 28.0211, the subject of the assessment instrument on
2-12 which each student failed to perform satisfactorily, and the
2-13 performance of those students in the school year following that
2-14 promotion on the assessment instruments required under Section
2-15 39.023;
2-16 (8) for students who have failed to perform
2-17 satisfactorily on an assessment instrument required under Section
2-18 39.023(a) or (c), the numerical progress of those students on
2-19 subsequent assessment instruments required under those sections,
2-20 aggregated by grade level and subject area;
2-21 (9) the percentage of students exempted, by exemption
2-22 category, from the assessment program generally applicable under
2-23 this subchapter; [and]
2-24 (10) the percentage of students graduating during the
2-25 preceding school year who enrolled in institutions of higher
2-26 education on or before the first anniversary of the date of high
2-27 school graduation; and
3-1 (11) any other indicator the State Board of Education
3-2 adopts.
3-3 SECTION 2. Section 39.052(b), Education Code, as amended by
3-4 Chapters 396 and 1514, Acts of the 76th Legislature, Regular
3-5 Session, 1999, is reenacted and amended to read as follows:
3-6 (b) The report card shall include the following information
3-7 where applicable:
3-8 (1) the academic excellence indicators adopted under
3-9 Sections 39.051(b)(1) through (10) [(9)];
3-10 (2) average class size by grade level and subject; and
3-11 (3) administrative and instructional costs per
3-12 student.
3-13 SECTION 3. This Act applies beginning with the 2001-2002
3-14 school year.
3-15 SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
3-16 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
3-17 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
3-18 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
3-19 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.