By: Johnson S.B. No. 16
 
 
 
   
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to academic distinction designations under the public
  school accountability system and the career and technology
  allotment under the Foundation School Program.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 39.202, Education Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         Sec. 39.202.  ACADEMIC DISTINCTION DESIGNATION FOR
  DISTRICTS AND CAMPUSES.  The commissioner by rule shall establish
  an academic distinction designation for districts and campuses for
  outstanding performance in attainment of postsecondary readiness.
  The commissioner shall adopt criteria for the designation under
  this section, including:
               (1)  percentages of students who:
                     (A)  performed satisfactorily, as determined
  under the college readiness performance standard under Section
  39.0241, on assessment instruments required under Section
  39.023(a), (b), (c), or (l), aggregated across grade levels by
  subject area; or
                     (B)  met the standard for annual improvement, as
  determined by the agency under Section 39.034, on assessment
  instruments required under Section 39.023(a), (b), (c), or (l),
  aggregated across grade levels by subject area, for students who
  did not perform satisfactorily as described by Paragraph (A);
               (2)  percentages of:
                     (A)  students who earned a nationally or
  internationally recognized business or industry certification or
  license;
                     (B)  students who completed a coherent sequence of
  career and technical courses;
                     (C)  students who completed a dual credit course
  or an articulated postsecondary course provided for local credit;
                     (D)  students who achieved applicable College
  Readiness Benchmarks or the equivalent on the Preliminary
  Scholastic Assessment Test (PSAT), the Scholastic Assessment Test
  (SAT), the American College Test (ACT), or the ACT-Plan assessment
  program; [and]
                     (E)  students who received a score on either an
  advanced placement test or an international baccalaureate
  examination to be awarded college credit; and
                     (F)  students who completed a Pathways in
  Technology Early College High School (P-TECH) program established
  under Subchapter N, Chapter 29, or another early college high
  school program; and
               (3)  other factors for determining sufficient student
  attainment of postsecondary readiness.
         SECTION 2.  Section 48.106(a-1), Education Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (a-1)  In addition to the amounts under Subsection (a), for
  each student in average daily attendance, a district is entitled to
  $150 [$50] for each of the following in which the student is
  enrolled:
               (1)  a campus designated as a P-TECH school under
  Section 29.556; or
               (2)  a campus that is a member of the New Tech Network
  and that focuses on project-based learning and work-based
  education.
         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 on the 91st day after the last day of the
  legislative session.