BILL ANALYSIS

 

 

Senate Research Center	H.B. 3007
86R11004 KJE-D	By: Turner, Chris; Krause (Powell)
	Education
	5/8/2019
	Engrossed

 

 

 

AUTHOR'S / SPONSOR'S STATEMENT OF INTENT

 

Concerns have been raised that discrepancies in data used to determine academic accountability ratings may lead to inaccurate performance ratings or accreditation status and that a district that wishes to appeal a rating may not have access to all of the data used to determine that rating. H.B. 3007 seeks to address these concerns by requiring the Texas Education Agency to provide to each district any applicable source data submitted by an entity other than the district.

 

H.B. 3007 amends current law relating to requiring the Texas Education Agency to provide to a school district certain information used in determining academic accountability ratings for the district.

 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

 

This bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, institution, or agency.

 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

 

SECTION 1. Amends Subchapter C, Chapter 39, Education Code, by adding Section 39.059, as follows:

 

Sec. 39.059. DATA TRANSPARENCY. Requires the Texas Education Agency (TEA), before the initial release of academic accountability ratings for a school year, to provide to each school district a copy of all source data as submitted to TEA by an entity other than the district that TEA considers in:

 

(1) determining the district's accreditation status under Section 39.052 (Determination of Accreditation Status or Performance Rating); or

 

(2) assigning performance ratings for the district or the district's campuses under Section 39.054 (Methods and Standards For Evaluating Performance).

 

SECTION 2. Provides that this Act applies beginning with the 2019�2020 school year.

 

SECTION 3. Effective date: September 1, 2019.