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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to academic accountability ratings for certain school |
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districts and open-enrollment charter schools that offer full-time |
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online programs through the state virtual school network. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 30A.110, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: |
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(d) This subsection applies only to a school district or |
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open-enrollment charter school that provides instruction to |
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students while students are located on the physical premises of a |
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district or school campus and provides separate instruction to |
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students enrolled full-time in courses provided through a district |
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or school full-time online campus program. In determining the |
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performance ratings under Section 39.054 of a school district or |
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open-enrollment charter school subject to this subsection, the |
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commissioner shall evaluate the performance of students enrolled in |
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a district or school full-time online campus program separately |
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from the performance of other district or school students and |
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assign: |
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(1) separate district or school overall and domain |
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performance ratings for the district's or school's full-time online |
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program; and |
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(2) separate campus overall and domain performance |
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ratings for each full-time online campus program. |
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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 immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |