79R5377 SLO-F

By:  Hochberg                                                     H.B. No. 945



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the setting of performance levels on assessment 
instruments used in the public school accountability system.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 39.024(a), Education Code, is amended to 
read as follows:
	(a)  Except as otherwise provided by this subsection, the 
State Board of Education shall determine the level of performance 
considered to be satisfactory on the assessment instruments.  The 
board may set a level of performance on the assessment instruments 
for determining district or campus performance under this chapter 
that is higher than the level considered to be satisfactory for a 
student to advance from one grade level to the next.  The admission, 
review, and dismissal committee of a student being assessed under 
Section 39.023(b) shall determine the level of performance 
considered to be satisfactory on the assessment instruments 
administered to that student in accordance with criteria 
established by agency rule.
	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, 2005.