86R11639 SOS-F
 
  By: Lucio S.B. No. 2107
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to evaluating the performance of dropout recovery schools
  for purposes of the public school accountability system.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 39.0548, Education Code, is amended by
  amending Subsections (a) and (d) and adding Subsections (a-1), (e),
  (f), (g), and (h) to read as follows:
         (a)  For purposes of evaluating performance under Section
  39.053(c), the commissioner shall designate as a dropout recovery
  school a school district or an open-enrollment charter school or a
  campus of a district or of an open-enrollment charter school:
               (1)  that serves students in grades 9 through 12 and has
  an enrollment of which at least 50 percent of the students are 17
  years of age or older as of September 1 of the school year as
  reported for the fall semester Public Education Information
  Management System (PEIMS) submission; and
               (2)  that [meets the eligibility requirements for and]
  is registered under alternative education accountability
  procedures adopted by the commissioner.
         (a-1)  For purposes of assigning performance ratings under
  Section 39.054, the commissioner shall evaluate a dropout recovery
  school under alternative education accountability procedures
  adopted by the commissioner.
         (d)  For [Notwithstanding Section 39.053(c), for] purposes
  of evaluating a dropout recovery school under the alternative
  education accountability procedures adopted by the commissioner
  [to determine the performance rating of the school under Section
  39.054], only the best result from the primary administration or
  any retake of an assessment instrument administered to a student in
  the school year evaluated may be considered in assigning
  performance ratings for the school under Section 39.054.
         (e)  For purposes of evaluating performance of a dropout
  recovery school under the student achievement domain under Section
  39.053(c)(1), the commissioner may consider for purposes of
  assigning a domain performance rating under Section 39.054 student
  performance based only on the "approaches grade level" performance
  standard. Any evaluation of student performance based on a higher
  performance standard may not be considered to negatively affect the
  domain performance rating or a performance target score of the
  school.
         (f)  For purposes of evaluating performance of a dropout
  recovery school under the school progress domain under Section
  39.053(c)(2), the commissioner may award credit for academic growth
  for purposes of assigning a domain performance rating under Section
  39.054 based only on a student reaching the "approaches grade
  level" performance standard. Any evaluation of student performance
  based on reaching a higher academic growth performance standard may
  not be considered to negatively affect the amount of credit awarded
  to the school or the domain performance rating or a performance
  target score of the school.
         (g)  For purposes of assigning an overall performance rating
  for a dropout recovery school under Section 39.054, the
  commissioner shall consider only the school's domain performance
  ratings under the student achievement domain under Section
  39.053(c)(1) and the school progress domain under Section
  39.053(c)(2).
         (h)  The performance of a dropout recovery school under the
  closing the gaps domain under Section 39.053(c)(3) may be used for
  reporting purposes only.
         SECTION 2.  This Act applies beginning with the 2019-2020
  school year.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2019.