Amend HB 2237 on third reading by adding the following
appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and renumbering
subsequent SECTIONS accordingly:
SECTION ____. Section 39.051(b), Education Code, is 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) high school graduation rates, computed in
accordance with standards and definitions adopted in compliance
with the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (Pub. L. No. 107-110);
(4) student attendance rates;
(5) 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
assessment instrument required under Section 51.3062;
(6) the percentage of graduating students who meet the
course requirements established for the recommended high school
program by State Board of Education rule;
(7) 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;
(8) 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;
(9) 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 grouped
by percentage on subsequent assessment instruments required under
those sections, aggregated by grade level and subject area;
(10) the percentage of students exempted, by exemption
category, from the assessment program generally applicable under
this chapter;
(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);
(12) the percentage of students in a special education
program under Subchapter A, Chapter 29, assessed through assessment
instruments developed or adopted under Section 39.023(b);
(13) the measure of progress toward preparation for
postsecondary success; [and]
(14) the measure of progress toward dual language
proficiency under Section 39.034(b), for students of limited
English proficiency, as defined by Section 29.052; and
(15) the measure of a reduction or increase in any
disparity between students who are educationally disadvantaged and
all other students in:
(A) performance on assessment instruments
administered under Subchapter B; and
(B) high school graduation rates computed under
Subdivision (3).