By:  Janek                                                        S.B. No. 186
	(In the Senate - Filed January 13, 2003; January 30, 2003, 
read first time and referred to Committee on Education; 
March 5, 2003, reported adversely, with favorable Committee 
Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 8, Nays 0; March 5, 2003, 
sent to printer.)


COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 186                                    By:  Janek


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT


relating to the computation of public school dropout and completion 
rates.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subsection (b), Section 39.051, Education Code, 
as amended by Chapters 8, 725, 834, and 1420, Acts of the 77th 
Legislature, Regular Session, 2001, is reenacted and 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.  
The indicators must be based on information that is disaggregated 
by race, ethnicity, gender, 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;
		(2)  dropout rates, including dropout rates and 
district completion rates for grade levels 9 through 12, computed 
in accordance with standards and definitions adopted by the 
National Center for Education Statistics of the United States 
Department of Education;
		(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 (ACT), articulated postsecondary 
degree programs described by Section 61.852, and certified 
workforce training programs described by Chapter 311, Labor Code;
		(7)  the percentage of students, aggregated by grade 
level, provided accelerated instruction under Section 28.0211(c), 
the results of assessments administered under that section, the 
percentage 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;
		[(9)  the percentage of students taking end-of-course 
assessment instruments adopted under Section 39.023(d);]
		(9)  the percentage of students exempted, by exemption 
category, from the assessment program generally applicable under 
this chapter [subchapter]; and
		(10) [(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.  Subsection (b), Section 39.051, Education Code, 
as amended by this Act, applies beginning with the 2005-2006 school 
year.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.                           



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