S.B. No. 1820




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.  Subsections (b) and (c), Section 39.072, 
Education Code, are 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.
	(c)  The agency shall evaluate against state standards and 
shall report the performance of each campus in a district and each 
open-enrollment charter school on the basis of the campus's 
performance on the indicators adopted under Sections 39.051(b)(1) 
through (7).  Consideration of the effectiveness of district 
programs under Subsection (b)(2) or (3) must be based on data 
collected through the Public Education Information Management 
System for purposes of accountability under this chapter and 
include the results of assessments required under Section 39.023.
	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.

                                                                              




______________________________    ______________________________
President of the Senate             Speaker of the House
	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1820 passed the Senate on 
May 13, 2003, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that the 
Senate concurred in House amendment on May 30, 2003, by the 
following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.




______________________________ 
   Secretary of the Senate             
	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1820 passed the House, with 
amendment, on May 28, 2003, by the following vote:  Yeas 144, 
Nays 0, two present not voting.




______________________________ 
   Chief Clerk of the House            



Approved:


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            Date



______________________________ 
          Governor