By: Davis, Lucio S.B. No. 1310

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to standards for school district, public school campus, and open-enrollment charter school performance ratings.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. The heading to Section 39.053, Education Code, is amended to read as follows:

Sec. 39.053. PERFORMANCE INDICATORS: QUALITY OF LEARNING AND STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT.

SECTION 2. Section 39.053, Education Code, is amended by adding Subsection (j) to read as follows:

(j) Indicators of the quality of learning adopted under this section must include:

(1) the percentage of teachers who teach a grade level or subject for which the teacher does not hold the appropriate certification;

(2) the rates at which teachers are not retained; and

(3) for each applicable grade level, the number of exceptions from the class size limits granted under Section 25.112.

SECTION 3. Subsection (b), Section 39.054, Education Code, is amended to read as follows:

(b) In evaluating performance, the commissioner shall evaluate against state standards and consider the performance of each campus in a school district and each open-enrollment charter school on the basis of the campus's or school's performance on the student achievement and quality of learning indicators adopted under Sections [Section] 39.053(c) and (j).

SECTION 4. This Act applies beginning with the 2013-2014 school year.

SECTION 5. 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.