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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to evaluating the performance of dropout recovery schools |
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for purposes of the public school accountability system. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 39.0548, Education Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsections (a) and (d) and adding Subsections (a-1), (e), |
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and (f) to read as follows: |
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(a) For purposes of evaluating performance under Section |
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39.053(c), the commissioner shall designate as a dropout recovery |
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school a school district or an open-enrollment charter school or a |
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campus of a district or of an open-enrollment charter school: |
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(1) that serves students in grades 9 through 12 and has |
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an enrollment of which at least 50 percent of the students are 17 |
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years of age or older as of September 1 of the school year as |
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reported for the fall semester Public Education Information |
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Management System (PEIMS) submission; and |
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(2) that [meets the eligibility requirements for and] |
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is registered under alternative education accountability |
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procedures adopted by the commissioner. |
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(a-1) For purposes of assigning performance ratings under |
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Section 39.054, the commissioner shall evaluate a dropout recovery |
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school under alternative education accountability procedures |
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adopted by the commissioner. |
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(d) For [Notwithstanding Section 39.053(c), for] purposes |
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of evaluating a dropout recovery school under the alternative |
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education accountability procedures adopted by the commissioner |
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[to determine the performance rating of the school under Section
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39.054], only the best result from the primary administration or |
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any retake of an assessment instrument administered to a student in |
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the school year evaluated may be considered in assigning |
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performance ratings for the school under Section 39.054. |
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(e) For purposes of evaluating performance of a dropout |
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recovery school under the alternative education accountability |
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procedures adopted by the commissioner, the commissioner shall |
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adopt performance targets for the student achievement domain under |
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Section 39.053(c)(1) and the school progress domain under Section |
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39.053(c)(2) that are based on the average performance of school |
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districts and campuses registered under the alternative education |
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accountability procedures for the preceding school year for those |
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respective domains. |
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(f) For purposes of assigning an overall performance rating |
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for a dropout recovery school under Section 39.054, the |
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commissioner shall attribute not more than 10 percent of that |
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rating to the closing the gaps domain under Section 39.053(c)(3). |
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SECTION 2. (a) This Act takes effect on any date not later |
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than September 1, 2021, on which the commissioner of education: |
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(1) obtains any necessary waiver from the application |
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of federal law or regulation conflicting with Section 39.0548, |
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Education Code, as amended by this Act; or |
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(2) receives written notification from the United |
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States Department of Education that a waiver is not required. |
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(b) This Act applies beginning with the first school year |
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that begins after the date on which this Act takes effect under |
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Subsection (a) of this section. |
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(c) If the commissioner of education obtains any necessary |
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waiver or receives written notification as described by Subsection |
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(a) of this section, the commissioner shall certify that the |
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commissioner has obtained the waiver or received notification that |
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a waiver is not required, as applicable, and shall publish notice of |
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that fact in the Texas Register as soon as practicable after |
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obtaining the waiver or receiving notification. |