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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to requiring the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board |
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to provide to a school district certain information used in |
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determining academic accountability ratings for the district. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 39, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 39.059 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 39.059. DATA TRANSPARENCY. (a) In this section: |
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(1) "Coordinating board" means the Texas Higher |
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Education Coordinating Board. |
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(2) "Institution of higher education" has the meaning |
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assigned by Section 61.003. |
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(b) Before the initial release of academic accountability |
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ratings for a school year, the coordinating board shall provide to |
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each school district a copy of all source data as submitted to the |
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coordinating board by an institution of higher education that the |
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coordinating board provides to the agency to consider in: |
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(1) determining the district's accreditation status |
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under Section 39.052; or |
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(2) assigning performance ratings for the district or |
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the district's campuses under Section 39.054. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2019-2020 |
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school year. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |