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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to public school performance ratings. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 39.054, Education Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to read as |
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follows: |
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(a) The commissioner shall adopt rules to evaluate school |
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district and campus performance and assign each district and campus |
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an overall [a] performance rating of A, B, C, D, or F and an |
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indicator performance rating of A, B, C, D, or F for each student |
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achievement indicator adopted under Section 39.053. In adopting |
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rules under this subsection, the commissioner shall determine the |
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criteria for each designated letter indicator performance rating. |
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The commissioner shall also assign each district and campus an |
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overall performance rating, based on the application of criteria |
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adopted by the commissioner to the indicator performance ratings |
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for the district or campus, that indicates whether the district or |
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campus met overall performance standards. An overall or indicator |
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[A district] performance rating of A reflects exemplary |
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performance. An overall or indicator performance rating of B |
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reflects recognized performance. An overall or indicator |
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performance rating of[, B, or] C reflects acceptable performance. |
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An overall or indicator [and a district] performance rating of D or |
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F reflects unacceptable performance. [The commissioner shall also
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assign each campus a performance rating of exemplary, recognized,
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acceptable, or unacceptable.
A campus performance rating of
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exemplary, recognized, or acceptable reflects acceptable
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performance, and a campus performance rating of unacceptable
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reflects unacceptable performance.] A district may not receive an |
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overall or indicator [a] performance rating of A if the district |
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includes any campus with a corresponding overall or indicator |
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performance rating of D or F [unacceptable]. A reference in law to |
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an acceptable rating or acceptable performance includes an overall |
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or indicator performance rating of A or B or exemplary or recognized |
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performance. |
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(a-1) Not later than August 8 of each year, the performance |
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ratings [rating] of each district and campus shall be made publicly |
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available as provided by rules adopted under this section |
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[subsection]. If a district or campus received an overall or |
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indicator [a] performance rating of D or F [that reflected
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unacceptable performance] for the preceding school year, the |
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commissioner shall notify the district of a subsequent such |
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designation on or before June 15. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2017-2018 |
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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, 2015. |