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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the application of state school accountability |
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standards to a public school campus that has met adequate yearly |
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progress standards under the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 39.051, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (d-1) to read as follows: |
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(d-1) The commissioner shall define unacceptable |
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performance for the academic excellence indicator under Subsection |
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(b)(1) in a manner that excludes a campus that has met adequate |
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yearly progress standards adopted by the commissioner as required |
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by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (Pub. L. No. 107-110) but has |
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otherwise failed to satisfy state performance standards under that |
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indicator solely on the basis of the campus's performance on an |
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assessment instrument administered under Section 39.023 in |
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mathematics, reading, or English language arts. |
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SECTION 2. Section 39.072, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: |
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(e) A campus that has met adequate yearly progress standards |
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adopted by the commissioner as required by the No Child Left Behind |
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Act of 2001 (Pub. L. No. 107-110) may not receive a performance |
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rating of academically unacceptable if the rating is based solely |
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on the failure of the campus to satisfy state performance standards |
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under Section 39.051(b)(1) on an assessment instrument |
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administered under Section 39.023 in mathematics, reading, or |
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English language arts. |
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SECTION 3. Section 39.1322, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: |
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(e) A campus may receive technical assistance as provided by |
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this section if the campus has met adequate yearly progress |
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standards adopted by the commissioner as required by the No Child |
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Left Behind Act of 2001 (Pub. L. No. 107-110) but for the current |
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school year has failed to satisfy state performance standards under |
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Section 39.051(b)(1) on an assessment instrument administered |
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under Section 39.023 in mathematics, reading, or English language |
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arts. |
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SECTION 4. This Act applies beginning with the 2007-2008 |
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school year. |
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SECTION 5. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |