By:  Chavez                                                       H.B. No. 2449



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the comparison of quality of learning indicators for 
certain schools.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 39.051(b), Education Code is amended to 
read as follows: 
	(b)  Performance on the indicators adopted under this 
section shall be compared to state-established standards.  The 
degree of change from one school year to the next in performance on 
each indicator adopted under this section shall also be considered.  
Students who attend multi-campus drop-out prevention programs 
housed on one campus shall, for the purposes of these indicators, be 
considered students of the school the student would normally 
attend.  The indicators must be based on information that is 
disaggregated with respect to race, ethnicity, sex, and 
socioeconomic status and must include:
		(1)  the results of assessment instruments required 
under Sections 39.023(a), (c), and (l), aggregated by grade level 
and subject area;
	Subsection (b)(2) as amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 
725, Sec. 4        
		(2)  dropout and completion rates;                                            
	Subsection (b)(2) as amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 
834, Sec. 10       
		(2)  dropout rates, including dropout rates and 
district completion rates for grade levels 9 through 12;
		(3)  student attendance rates;                                                
		(4)  the percentage of graduating students who attain 
scores on the secondary exit-level assessment instruments required 
under Subchapter B that are equivalent to a passing score on the 
test instrument required under Section 51.306;
		(5)  the percentage of graduating students who meet the 
course requirements established for the recommended high school 
program by State Board of Education rule;
		(6)  the results of the Scholastic Assessment Test 
(SAT), the American College Test, articulated postsecondary degree 
programs described by Section 61.852, and certified workforce 
training programs described by Chapter 311, Labor Code;
		(7)  the number of students, aggregated by grade level, 
provided accelerated instruction under Section 28.0211(c), the 
results of assessments administered under that section, the number 
of students promoted through the grade placement committee process 
under Section 28.0211, the subject of the assessment instrument on 
which each student failed to perform satisfactorily, and the 
performance of those students in the school year following that 
promotion on the assessment instruments required under Section 
39.023;
		(8)  for students who have failed to perform 
satisfactorily on an assessment instrument required under Section 
39.023(a) or (c), the numerical progress of those students on 
subsequent assessment instruments required under those sections, 
aggregated by grade level and subject area;
	Subsections (b)(9), (10) as amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., 
ch. 8, Sec. 3   
		(9)  the percentage of students taking end-of-course 
assessment instruments adopted under Section 39.023(d);
		(10)  the percentage of students exempted, by exemption 
category, from the assessment program generally applicable under 
this subchapter; and
	Subsections (b)(9), (10) as amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., 
ch. 1420, Sec. 4.007
		(9)  the percentage of students exempted, by exemption 
category, from the assessment program generally applicable under 
this subchapter; and
		(10)  any other indicator the State Board of Education 
adopts.              
		(11)  the percentage of students of limited English 
proficiency exempted from the administration of an assessment 
instrument under Sections 39.027(a)(3) and (4).
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this 
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 
Act takes effect September 1, 2003.