BILL ANALYSIS

H.B. 3007

By: Turner, Chris

Public Education

Committee Report (Unamended)

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE

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.

CRIMINAL JUSTICE IMPACT

It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly create a criminal offense, increase the punishment for an existing criminal offense or category of offenses, or change the eligibility of a person for community supervision, parole, or mandatory supervision.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution.

ANALYSIS

H.B. 3007 amends the Education Code to require the Texas Education Agency (TEA), before the initial release of academic accountability ratings for a school year, to provide to each public school district a copy of all source data as submitted to TEA by an entity other than the district that TEA considers in determining the district's accreditation status or assigning performance ratings for the district or the district's campuses. The bill applies beginning with the 2019-2020 school year.

EFFECTIVE DATE

September 1, 2019.