By Shields H.B. No. 1960
77R7671 BDH-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to character education programs in public schools.
1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. Section 39.051(b), Education Code, as amended by
1-5 Chapters 396, 397, and 1422, Acts of the 76th Legislature, Regular
1-6 Session, 1999, is reenacted and 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), (c), and (l), aggregated by grade level
1-16 and 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), the American College Test, articulated postsecondary degree
2-4 programs described by Section 61.852, and certified workforce
2-5 training programs described by Chapter 311, Labor Code;
2-6 (7) the number of students, aggregated by grade level,
2-7 provided accelerated instruction under Section 28.0211(c), the
2-8 results of assessments administered under that section, the number
2-9 of students promoted through the grade placement committee process
2-10 under Section 28.0211, the subject of the assessment instrument on
2-11 which each student failed to perform satisfactorily, and the
2-12 performance of those students in the school year following that
2-13 promotion on the assessment instruments required under Section
2-14 39.023;
2-15 (8) for students who have failed to perform
2-16 satisfactorily on an assessment instrument required under Section
2-17 39.023(a) or (c), the numerical progress of those students on
2-18 subsequent assessment instruments required under those sections,
2-19 aggregated by grade level and subject area;
2-20 (9) the percentage of students exempted, by exemption
2-21 category, from the assessment program generally applicable under
2-22 this subchapter; [and]
2-23 (10) the percentage of schools in the school district
2-24 that offer a character education program; and
2-25 (11) any other indicator the State Board of Education
2-26 adopts.
2-27 SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2001-2002
3-1 school year.
3-2 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
3-3 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
3-4 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
3-5 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
3-6 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.