Amend CSHB 1525 (senate committee printing) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____. Subchapter C, Chapter 48, Education Code, is amended by adding Section 48.1102 to read as follows:
Sec. 48.1102. ACCELERATED LEARNING AND SUSTAINMENT OUTCOMES BONUS. (a) For purposes of this section, a student is a:
(1) successfully accelerated student if the student:
(A) performs satisfactorily or better on an assessment instrument administered under Section 39.023(a); and
(B) was administered but did not perform satisfactorily on the assessment instrument administered under Section 39.023(a) for the same subject in the student's preceding grade level; and
(2) sustained accelerated student if the student:
(A) performs at the level determined under Section 39.0241(a-1) or the equivalent to determine preparedness for the student's next grade level or better on an assessment instrument administered under Section 39.023(a);
(B) performs satisfactorily or better on the assessment instrument administered under Section 39.023(a) for the same subject in the student's preceding grade level; and
(C) was administered but did not perform satisfactorily on the assessment instrument administered under Section 39.023(a) for the grade level and subject preceding the assessment described by Paragraph (B).
(b) For each successfully accelerated student in excess of the minimum number of students determined for the district or school under Subsection (d), a school district or open-enrollment charter school is entitled to the following annual outcomes bonus:
(1) $500 for each student who is not educationally disadvantaged; and
(2) $1,000 for each student who is educationally disadvantaged.
(c) For each sustained accelerated student, a school district or open-enrollment charter school is entitled to the following annual outcomes bonus:
(1) $250 for each student who is not educationally disadvantaged; and
(2) $500 for each student who is educationally disadvantaged.
(d) The commissioner shall establish, using a percentile determined by the commissioner based on the median performance of school districts and open-enrollment charter schools on assessments administered under Section 39.023(a) during the 2017-2018 school year, a threshold percentage of:
(1) successfully accelerated students who are not educationally disadvantaged; and
(2) successfully accelerated students who are educationally disadvantaged.
(e) Each year, the commissioner shall determine for each school district and open-enrollment charter school the minimum number of successfully accelerated students the district or school must have in order for the district to achieve the percentage equal to the threshold percentage established for that group of students described by Subsection (b).
(f) The commissioner may modify the threshold percentages established under Subsection (d) once every five years if the commissioner determines that substantial improvement in the median performance of school districts and open-enrollment charter schools has occurred.