By:  Van de Putte                                                 S.B. No. 1820


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to criteria for rating the performance of school 
districts.        
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subsection (b), Section 39.072, Education Code, 
is amended to read as follows:
	(b)  The academic excellence indicators adopted under 
Sections 39.051(b)(1) through (7) and the district's current 
special education compliance status with the agency shall be the 
main considerations of the agency in the rating of the district 
under this section.  Additional criteria in the rules may include 
consideration of:
		(1)  compliance with statutory requirements and 
requirements imposed by rule of the State Board of Education under 
specific statutory authority that relate to:
			(A)  reporting data through the Public Education 
Information Management System (PEIMS);
			(B)  the high school graduation requirements 
under Section 28.025; or      
			(C)  an item listed in Sections 
7.056(e)(3)(C)-(I) that applies to the district; [and]
		(2)  the effectiveness of the district's programs for 
special populations; and
		(3)  the effectiveness of the district's career and 
technology programs.
	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.