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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to consideration of certain graduates and dropouts in |
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evaluation of school districts, campuses, and open-enrollment |
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charter schools for accountability purposes. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 39.053(g-1), Education Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(g-1) In computing dropout and completion rates under |
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Subsection (c)(2), the commissioner shall exclude: |
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(1) students who are ordered by a court to attend a |
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high school equivalency certificate program but who have not yet |
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earned a high school equivalency certificate; |
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(2) students who were previously reported to the state |
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as dropouts, including a student who is reported as a dropout, |
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reenrolls, and drops out again, regardless of the number of times of |
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reenrollment and dropping out; |
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(3) students in attendance who are not in membership |
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for purposes of average daily attendance; |
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(4) students whose initial enrollment in a school in |
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the United States in grades 7 through 12 was as unschooled refugees |
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or asylees as defined by Section 39.027(a-1); |
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(5) students who are in the district exclusively as a |
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function of having been detained at a county detention facility but |
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are otherwise not students of the district in which the facility is |
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located; and |
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(6) students who are incarcerated in state jails and |
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federal penitentiaries as adults and as persons certified to stand |
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trial as adults. |
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SECTION 2. Subchapter C, Chapter 39, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 39.0541 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 39.0541. STANDARDS FOR EVALUATING COMPLETION AND |
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DROPOUT RATES. For purposes of evaluating a school district or |
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campus or an open-enrollment charter school for adequate yearly |
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progress under the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (20 U.S.C. |
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Section 6301 et seq.) and, notwithstanding Section 39.053(c)(2), |
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for accountability under this chapter and for performance under an |
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agency performance-based monitoring analysis system: |
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(1) a student who graduates from a school district |
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campus or open-enrollment charter school is considered a high |
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school graduate of the campus or school regardless of whether the |
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student graduates with the student's ninth grade cohort; and |
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(2) consistent with Section 39.053(g-1)(2), a student |
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who was previously reported to the state as a dropout, including a |
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student who is reported as a dropout, reenrolls, and drops out |
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again, regardless of the number of times of reenrollment and |
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dropping out, shall be excluded in computing completion and dropout |
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rates. |
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SECTION 3. This Act applies beginning with the 2013-2014 |
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school year. |
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SECTION 4. 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. |