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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a prohibition of a monitoring system performance |
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indicator based on the number or percentage of students receiving |
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special education services. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 29, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 29.0011 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 29.0011. PROHIBITED PERFORMANCE INDICATOR. (a) |
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Notwithstanding Section 29.001(5), Section 29.010, or any other |
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provision of this code, the commissioner or agency may not adopt or |
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implement a performance indicator in any agency monitoring system, |
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including the performance-based monitoring analysis system, that |
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evaluates the total number of enrolled students or the overall |
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percentage of the total number of enrolled students of a school |
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district or open-enrollment charter school who receive special |
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education services. |
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(b) Subsection (a) does not: |
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(1) prohibit a performance indicator designed to |
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monitor disproportionality by assessing the percentage of specific |
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racial or ethnic groups who receive special education services; or |
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(2) affect the duty of the commissioner or agency to |
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provide and report information as required by state or federal law |
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on students who receive special education services. |
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SECTION 2. 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. |