83R384 CAS-F
 
  By: Lucio S.B. No. 377
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to considering the performance of certain students on
  state assessment instruments in evaluating school district and
  campus performance.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 39.054, Education Code, is amended by
  adding Subsection (d-2) to read as follows:
         (d-2)  In evaluating performance under Subsection (c), the
  commissioner may not lower a performance rating for purposes of
  this chapter based on unsatisfactory performance on an assessment
  instrument administered under Section 39.023(a), (b), (c), (l), or
  (n) to a student for a period of three years after the student's
  initial enrollment in a school in the United States if the student
  is a student of limited English proficiency, as defined by Section
  29.052.  This subsection does not apply to a performance rating for
  purposes of:
               (1)  compliance monitoring under Section 7.028; or
               (2)  public school accountability under federal law.
         SECTION 2.  This Act applies beginning with the 2013-2014
  school year.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2013.