BILL ANALYSIS

H.B. 3011

By: Turner, Chris

Higher Education

Committee Report (Unamended)

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE

There is a concern that discrepancies in third-party data used to determine public school district accountability ratings may lead to inaccurate results or adversely affect accreditation status. H.B. 3011 seeks to address this concern by requiring the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to make the source data the coordinating board submits to the Texas Education Agency for purposes of making those ratings more transparent to districts.

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. 3011 amends the Education Code to require the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, 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 submitted to the coordinating board by a public institution of higher education and used by the Texas Education Agency 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.