84R12368 KKA-D
 
  By: González H.B. No. 66
 
  Substitute the following for H.B. No. 66:
 
  By:  Aycock C.S.H.B. No. 66
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the consideration of the performance of students of
  limited English proficiency on state assessment instruments and
  inclusion of related information in campus report cards.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 39.054, Education Code, is amended by
  adding Subsections (d-2) and (d-3) to read as follows:
         (d-2)  Except as provided by Subsection (d-3), 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 two 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.
         (d-3)  Subsection (d-2) does not apply if the assessment
  instrument administered to a student of limited English proficiency
  is in the student's native language.
         SECTION 2.  Section 39.305(b), Education Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (b)  The report card shall include the following
  information:
               (1)  where applicable, the student achievement
  indicators described by Section 39.053(c) and the reporting
  indicators described by Sections 39.301(c)(1) through (5);
               (2)  average class size by grade level and subject;
               (3)  the administrative and instructional costs per
  student, computed in a manner consistent with Section 44.0071;
  [and]
               (4)  the district's instructional expenditures ratio
  and instructional employees ratio computed under Section 44.0071,
  and the statewide average of those ratios, as determined by the
  commissioner; and
               (5)  the performance of students of limited English
  proficiency, as defined by Section 29.052, on assessment
  instruments administered under Section 39.023.
         SECTION 3.  Section 39.054(d-2), Education Code, as added by
  this Act, applies to a student regardless of the date on which the
  student initially enrolled in a school in the United States.
         SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.