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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to evaluating the performance, including computing |
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dropout and completion rates, of public schools designated as |
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dropout recovery schools. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 39, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 39.0545 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 39.0545. EVALUATING DROPOUT RECOVERY SCHOOLS. |
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(a) For purposes of evaluating performance under Section |
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39.053(c), the commissioner shall designate as a dropout recovery |
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school a school district or an open-enrollment charter school or a |
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campus of a district or of an open-enrollment charter school: |
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(1) that serves students in grades 9 through 12 and has |
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an enrollment of which at least 50 percent of the students are 17 |
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years of age or older as of September 1 of the school year as |
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reported for the fall semester Public Education Information |
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Management System (PEIMS) submission; and |
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(2) that meets the eligibility requirements for and is |
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registered under alternative education accountability procedures |
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adopted by the commissioner. |
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(b) Notwithstanding Section 39.053(c)(2), the commissioner |
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shall use the alternative completion rate under this subsection to |
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determine the student achievement indicator under Section |
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39.053(c)(2) for a dropout recovery school. The alternative |
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completion rate shall be the ratio of the total number of students |
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who graduate, continue attending school into the next academic |
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year, or receive a high school equivalency certificate to the total |
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number of students in the longitudinal cohort of students. |
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(c) Notwithstanding Section 39.053(c)(2), in determining |
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the performance rating under Section 39.054 of a dropout recovery |
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school, the commissioner shall include any student described by |
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Section 39.053(g-1) who graduates or receives a high school |
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equivalency certificate. |
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(d) For a dropout recovery school, only the best result from |
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the primary administration and any retake of an assessment |
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instrument administered to a student in the school year evaluated |
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under the accountability procedures adopted by the commissioner may |
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be considered in determining the performance rating of the school |
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under Section 39.054. |
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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. |
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