Amend CSHB 5 (senate committee report) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:

SECTION ____.  (a) Section 39.054(a), Education Code, is amended to read as follows:

(a)  The commissioner shall adopt rules to evaluate school district and campus performance and, not later than August 8 of each year, assign each district [and campus] a performance rating of A, B, C, D, or F. In adopting rules under this subsection, the commissioner shall determine the criteria for each designated letter performance rating. A district performance rating of A, B, or C [that] reflects acceptable performance and a district performance rating of D or F reflects [or] unacceptable performance. Not later than August 8 of each year, the commissioner shall also assign each campus a performance rating of exemplary, recognized, acceptable, or unacceptable. A campus performance rating of exemplary, recognized, or acceptable reflects acceptable performance, and a campus performance rating of unacceptable reflects unacceptable performance. If a district or campus received a performance rating that reflected [of] unacceptable performance for the preceding school year, the commissioner shall notify the district of a subsequent such designation on or before June 15.

(b)  This section applies beginning with the 2013-2014 school year.

PATRICK

DAVIS

SELIGER

WATSON

WEST