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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to an academic distinction designation for high student |
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achievement under 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 39.202, Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 39.202. ACADEMIC DISTINCTION DESIGNATIONS |
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[DESIGNATION] FOR DISTRICTS AND CAMPUSES. (a) The commissioner by |
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rule shall establish an academic distinction designation for |
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districts and campuses for outstanding performance in attainment of |
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postsecondary readiness. The commissioner shall adopt criteria for |
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the designation under this subsection [section], including: |
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(1) percentages of students who: |
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(A) performed satisfactorily, as determined |
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under the college readiness performance standard under Section |
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39.0241, on assessment instruments required under Section |
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39.023(a), (b), (c), or (l), aggregated across grade levels by |
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subject area; or |
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(B) met the standard for annual improvement, as |
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determined by the agency under Section 39.034, on assessment |
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instruments required under Section 39.023(a), (b), (c), or (l), |
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aggregated across grade levels by subject area, for students who |
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did not perform satisfactorily as described by Paragraph (A); |
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(2) percentages of: |
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(A) students who earned a nationally or |
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internationally recognized business or industry certification or |
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license; |
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(B) students who completed a coherent sequence of |
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career and technical courses; |
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(C) students who completed a dual credit course |
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or an articulated postsecondary course provided for local credit; |
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(D) students who achieved applicable College |
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Readiness Benchmarks or the equivalent on the Preliminary |
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Scholastic Assessment Test (PSAT), the Scholastic Assessment Test |
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(SAT), the American College Test (ACT), or the ACT-Plan assessment |
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program; and |
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(E) students who received a score on either an |
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advanced placement test or an international baccalaureate |
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examination to be awarded college credit; and |
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(3) other factors for determining sufficient student |
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attainment of postsecondary readiness. |
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(b) In addition to the distinction designation described by |
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Subsection (a), the commissioner by rule shall establish an |
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academic distinction designation for districts and campuses for |
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outstanding performance in attainment of high student achievement. |
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The commissioner shall adopt criteria for the designation under |
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this subsection, including percentages of students who: |
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(1) have earned a diploma after not more than three and |
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one-half years of high school attendance; |
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(2) in grade seven or eight, complete a pre-advanced |
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placement course or pre-international baccalaureate course; |
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(3) have been promoted to higher grade levels than the |
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grade levels to which the students would ordinarily be assigned; |
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(4) are identified as gifted and talented and have |
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been promoted to higher grade levels than the grade levels to which |
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the students would ordinarily be assigned; |
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(5) have received credit by examination; |
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(6) are identified as gifted and talented and have |
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received credit by examination; and |
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(7) complete not less than 10 project-based learning |
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projects during a school year. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2021-2022 |
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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, 2021. |