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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to standards for school district, public school campus, |
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and open-enrollment charter school performance ratings. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. The heading to Section 39.053, Education Code, |
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is amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 39.053. PERFORMANCE INDICATORS: QUALITY OF LEARNING |
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AND STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT. |
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SECTION 2. Section 39.053, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (j) to read as follows: |
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(j) Indicators of the quality of learning adopted under this |
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section must include: |
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(1) the percentage of teachers who teach a grade level |
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or subject for which the teacher does not hold the appropriate |
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certification; |
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(2) the rates at which teachers are not retained; and |
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(3) for each applicable grade level, the number of |
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exceptions from the class size limits granted under Section 25.112. |
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SECTION 3. Subsection (b), Section 39.054, Education Code, |
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is amended to read as follows: |
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(b) In evaluating performance, the commissioner shall |
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evaluate against state standards and consider the performance of |
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each campus in a school district and each open-enrollment charter |
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school on the basis of the campus's or school's performance on the |
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student achievement and quality of learning indicators adopted |
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under Sections [Section] 39.053(c) and (j). |
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SECTION 4. This Act applies beginning with the 2013-2014 |
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school year. |
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SECTION 5. 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. |