78R12702 ESH-F
By: West S.B. No. 1920
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the academic excellence indicators for public school
accountability.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 39.051(a), Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(a) The State Board of Education shall biennially review the
[adopt a set of] indicators of the quality of learning on a campus
specified by this section and shall make recommendations to the
legislature [. The State Board of Education biennially shall
review the indicators] for [the consideration of] appropriate
revisions to those indicators.
SECTION 2. Section 39.051(b), 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, sex [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];
(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); and
(9) the percentage of students exempted, by exemption
category, from the assessment program generally applicable under
this chapter [subchapter; and
[(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 3. 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.