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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the method used in rating public school districts and |
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campuses for accountability purposes. |
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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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adding Subsection (b) to read as follows: |
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(b) For purposes of assigning school districts and campuses |
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an overall and a domain performance rating under Subsection (a), |
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the commissioner shall ensure that the method used to evaluate |
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performance: |
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(1) is not implemented in a manner that provides for a |
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specific designated distribution of ratings to districts and |
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campuses under which a designated percentage of districts or |
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campuses receive an A rating or an F rating; and |
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(2) is implemented in a manner that provides the |
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mathematical possibility that all districts and campuses receive an |
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A rating. |
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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, 2017. |