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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the consideration of the performance of students of |
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limited English proficiency on state assessment instruments and |
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inclusion of related information in campus report cards. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 39.027(a-2), Education Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(a-2) Unless a student is enrolled in a school in the United |
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States for a period of at least 120 [60] consecutive days during a |
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year, the student may not be considered to be enrolled in a school |
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in the United States for that year for the purpose of determining a |
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number of years under Subsection (a)(1), (2), or (3). |
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SECTION 2. Section 39.054, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsections (d) and (d-1) to read as follows: |
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(d) Except as provided by Subsection (d-1), in evaluating |
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performance under Subsection (c), the commissioner may not lower a |
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performance rating for purposes of this chapter based on |
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unsatisfactory performance on an assessment instrument |
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administered under Section 39.023 to a student for a period of two |
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years after the student's initial enrollment in a school in the |
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United States if the student is a student of limited English |
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proficiency, as defined by Section 29.052. This subsection does |
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not apply to a performance rating for purposes of: |
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(1) compliance monitoring under Section 7.028; or |
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(2) public school accountability under federal law. |
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(d-1) Subsection (d) does not apply if the assessment |
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instrument administered to a student of limited English proficiency |
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is in the student's native language. |
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SECTION 3. Section 39.305(b), Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(b) The report card shall include the following |
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information: |
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(1) where applicable, the achievement indicators |
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described by Section 39.053(c) and the reporting indicators |
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described by Sections 39.301(c)(1) through (5); |
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(2) average class size by grade level and subject; |
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(3) the administrative and instructional costs per |
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student, computed in a manner consistent with Section 44.0071; |
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[and] |
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(4) the district's instructional expenditures ratio |
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and instructional employees ratio computed under Section 44.0071, |
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and the statewide average of those ratios, as determined by the |
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commissioner; and |
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(5) the performance of students of limited English |
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proficiency, as defined by Section 29.052, on assessment |
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instruments administered under Section 39.023. |
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SECTION 4. Section 39.027(a-2), Education Code, as amended |
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by this Act, and Section 39.054(d), Education Code, as added by this |
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Act, apply to a student regardless of the date on which the student |
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initially enrolled in a school in the United States. |
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SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |