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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to considering the performance of certain students on |
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state assessment instruments in evaluating school district and |
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campus performance. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 39.054, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (d-2) to read as follows: |
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(d-2) In evaluating performance under Subsection (c), the |
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commissioner may not lower a performance rating for purposes of |
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this chapter based on unsatisfactory performance on an assessment |
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instrument administered under Section 39.023(a), (b), (c), (l), or |
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(n) to a student for a period of three years after the student's |
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initial enrollment in a school in the United States if the student |
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is a student of limited English proficiency, as defined by Section |
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29.052. This subsection does not apply to a performance rating for |
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purposes of: |
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(1) compliance monitoring under Section 7.028; or |
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(2) public school accountability under federal law. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2013-2014 |
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school year. |
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SECTION 3. 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, 2013. |