88R22878 AMF-F
 
  By: Bell of Kaufman, Buckley, VanDeaver, H.B. No. 4402
      Landgraf, Talarico, et al.
 
  Substitute the following for H.B. No. 4402:
 
  By:  Buckley C.S.H.B. No. 4402
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the administration of certain assessment instruments,
  the accountability rating system for assessing campus and district
  performance, and an extracurricular and cocurricular allotment
  under the Foundation School Program.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Sections 39.023(e), (h), and (o), Education
  Code, are amended to read as follows:
         (e)  Under rules adopted by the State Board of Education,
  every [third] year, the agency shall release the questions and
  answer keys to each assessment instrument administered under
  Subsection (a), (b), (c), (d), or (l), excluding any assessment
  instrument administered to a student for the purpose of retaking
  the assessment instrument, after the last time the instrument is
  administered for that school year. To ensure a valid bank of
  questions for use each year, the agency is not required to release a
  question that is being field-tested and was not used to compute the
  student's score on the instrument. The agency shall also release,
  under board rule, each question that is no longer being
  field-tested and that was not used to compute a student's score.
  [During the 2014-2015 and 2015-2016 school years, the agency shall
  release the questions and answer keys to assessment instruments as
  described by this subsection each year.]
         (h)  The agency shall notify school districts and campuses of
  the results of assessment instruments administered under this
  section not later than the 21st day after the last date on which the
  assessment instrument may be [is] administered, except that the
  agency may delay the notification if necessary to maintain validity
  and reliability standards. The school district shall disclose to
  each district teacher the results of assessment instruments
  administered to students taught by the teacher in the subject for
  the school year in which the assessment instrument is administered.
         (o)  The agency shall adopt or develop optional interim
  assessment instruments for each subject or course for each grade
  level for which a through-year assessment instrument under Section
  39.0236 is not required [subject to assessment under this section].
  A school district or open-enrollment charter school may not be
  required to administer interim assessment instruments adopted or
  developed under this subsection. An interim assessment instrument:
               (1)  must be:
                     (A)  when possible, predictive of the assessment
  instrument for the applicable subject or course for that grade
  level required under this section; and
                     (B)  administered electronically; and
               (2)  may not be used for accountability purposes.
         SECTION 2.  Subchapter B, Chapter 39, Education Code, is
  amended by adding Section 39.02342 to read as follows:
         Sec. 39.02342.  PAPER ADMINISTRATION OF ASSESSMENT
  INSTRUMENTS ON REQUEST. (a)  Subject to Subsection (c), a school
  district shall administer an assessment instrument required under
  Section 39.023(a), (c), or (l) in paper format to any student whose
  parent or guardian requests the assessment instrument be
  administered to the student in paper format.
         (b)  A request for the administration of an assessment
  instrument in paper format to a student under this section must be
  submitted to the school district not later than December 1 of the
  school year in which the assessment instrument will be
  administered.
         (c)  The number of students enrolled at a school district who
  are administered an assessment instrument in paper format for any
  single administration under this section may not exceed one percent
  of the number of students enrolled in the district.  On receipt of
  more requests for administration of an assessment instrument than
  the maximum number permitted under this subsection, the district
  shall accept the requests in the order received until the maximum
  number is reached.
         SECTION 3.  Section 39.0236, Education Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         Sec. 39.0236.  THROUGH-YEAR [INTEGRATED FORMATIVE]
  ASSESSMENT [PILOT] PROGRAM. (a) Notwithstanding any other law and
  except as otherwise provided by commissioner rule, beginning with
  the 2027-2028 school year, the agency shall adopt or develop a
  through-year assessment for each subject and grade for which an
  assessment instrument is required under Section 39.023(a) or (c),
  including a through-year assessment in Spanish for administration
  to emergent bilingual students, as required under Section
  39.023(l), for each subject and grade level for which an assessment
  instrument in Spanish may be administered under that subsection. A
  through-year assessment adopted or developed under this section
  shall consist of the administration of not fewer than three
  assessment instruments over the course of a school year [The agency
  shall establish a pilot program in which participating school
  districts administer to students integrated formative assessment
  instruments for subjects or courses for a grade level subject to
  assessment under Section 28.006 or 39.023].
         (b)  The agency shall develop and implement a plan to
  transition each assessment instrument required under Sections
  39.023(a), (c), and (l) to a through-year assessment instrument
  beginning with the 2027-2028 school year. The plan must: 
               (1)  evaluate the administration of through-year
  assessment instruments in this state, including an analysis of
  instructional support improvements provided by school districts
  administering through-year assessment instruments; and 
               (2)  identify the actions necessary to improve the
  administration of through-year assessment instruments, including
  necessary changes to state law or policy [A school district may
  elect to participate in the pilot program].
         (c)  The agency may require a school district to:
               (1)  participate in a pilot program for the
  administration of through-year assessment instruments to district
  students; and
               (2)  report information to the agency regarding the
  implementation of through-year assessment instruments under this
  section [A school district's participation in the pilot program
  does not affect the district's obligations regarding the
  administration of assessment instruments required under Section
  39.023].
         (d)  The score on a through-year assessment instrument
  administered to a student in grades three through eight shall be
  calculated as a summative score of each instrument administered
  during the school year as part of the through-year assessment.  The
  commissioner shall adopt rules regarding the relative weights that
  must be given to each individual assessment instrument administered
  as part of the through-year assessment [Not later than December 1 of
  each even-numbered year, the agency shall submit to the governor,
  the lieutenant governor, and the members of the legislature a
  report on the pilot program that includes:
               [(1)  an analysis of whether the administration of
  integrated formative assessment instruments under the pilot
  program provided any improvement in instructional support during
  the preceding two school years; and
               [(2)  a determination of the feasibility of replacing
  the assessment instruments required under Section 39.023 with
  integrated formative assessment instruments].
         SECTION 4.  Section 39.053, Education Code, is amended by
  amending Subsections (c) and (c-2) and adding Subsections (c-4) and
  (c-5) to read as follows:
         (c)  School districts and campuses must be evaluated based on
  three domains of indicators of achievement adopted under this
  section that include:
               (1)  in the student achievement domain, indicators of
  student achievement that must include:
                     (A)  for evaluating the performance of districts
  and campuses generally:
                           (i)  an indicator that accounts for the
  results of assessment instruments required under Sections
  39.023(a), (c), and (l), as applicable for the district and campus,
  [including the results of assessment instruments required for
  graduation retaken by a student,] aggregated across grade levels by
  subject area, including:
                                 (a)  for the performance standard
  determined by the commissioner under Section 39.0241(a), the
  percentage of students who performed satisfactorily on the
  assessment instruments, aggregated across grade levels by subject
  area; and
                                 (b)  for the college readiness
  performance standard as determined under Section 39.0241, the
  percentage of students who performed satisfactorily on the
  assessment instruments, aggregated across grade levels by subject
  area; [and]
                           (ii)  an indicator that accounts for the
  results of assessment instruments required under Section
  39.023(b), as applicable for the district and campus, including the
  percentage of students who performed satisfactorily on the
  assessment instruments, as determined by the performance standard
  adopted by the agency, aggregated across grade levels by subject
  area;
                           (iii)  an indicator that accounts for
  extracurricular and cocurricular student success in accordance
  with Section 39.0533;
                           (iv)  an indicator that accounts for student
  and parent satisfaction in accordance with Section 39.0534; and 
                           (v)  an indicator that accounts for middle
  school student success in accelerated mathematics; and
                     (B)  for evaluating the performance of high school
  campuses and districts that include high school campuses,
  indicators that account for:
                           (i)  students who satisfy the Texas Success
  Initiative (TSI) college readiness benchmarks prescribed by the
  Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board under Section 51.334 on
  an assessment instrument in reading or mathematics designated by
  the coordinating board under that section;
                           (ii)  students who satisfy relevant
  performance standards on advanced placement tests or similar
  assessments;
                           (iii)  students who earn dual course credits
  in the dual credit courses;
                           (iv)  students who enlist in the armed
  forces of the United States or the Texas National Guard;
                           (v)  students who earn industry
  certifications;
                           (vi)  students admitted into postsecondary
  industry certification programs that require as a prerequisite for
  entrance successful performance at the secondary level;
                           (vii)  students whose successful completion
  of a course or courses under Section 28.014 indicates the student's
  preparation to enroll and succeed, without remediation, in an
  entry-level general education course for a baccalaureate degree or
  associate degree;
                           (viii)  students who successfully met
  standards on a composite of indicators that through research
  indicates the student's preparation to enroll and succeed, without
  remediation, in an entry-level general education course for a
  baccalaureate degree or associate degree;
                           (ix)  high school graduation rates, computed
  in accordance with standards and definitions adopted in compliance
  with the Every Student Succeeds Act (20 U.S.C. Section 6301 et seq.)
  subject to the exclusions provided by Subsections (g), (g-1),
  (g-2), (g-3), and (g-4);
                           (x)  students who successfully completed an
  OnRamps dual enrollment course;
                           (xi)  students who successfully completed a
  practicum or internship approved by the State Board of Education;
                           (xii)  students who are awarded an associate
  degree; and
                           (xiii)  students who successfully completed
  a program of study in career and technical education;
               (2)  in the school progress domain, indicators for
  effectiveness in promoting student learning, which must include:
                     (A)  for assessment instruments, including
  assessment instruments under Subdivisions (1)(A)(i) and (ii), the
  percentage of students who met the standard for improvement, as
  determined by the commissioner; and
                     (B)  for evaluating relative performance, the
  performance of districts and campuses compared to similar districts
  or campuses; and
               (3)  in the closing the gaps domain, the use of
  disaggregated data to demonstrate the differentials among students
  from different racial and ethnic groups and [,] socioeconomic
  backgrounds[, and other factors, including:
                     [(A)  students formerly receiving special
  education services;
                     [(B)  students continuously enrolled; and
                     [(C)  students who are mobile].
         (c-2)  The commissioner by rule shall determine a method by
  which a student's performance may be included in determining the
  performance rating of a school district or campus under Section
  39.054 if, before the student graduates, the student[:
               [(1)]  satisfies the Texas Success Initiative (TSI)
  college readiness benchmarks prescribed by the Texas Higher
  Education Coordinating Board under Section 51.334 on an assessment
  instrument designated by the coordinating board under that section
  [; or
               [(2) performs satisfactorily on an assessment
  instrument under Section 39.023(c), notwithstanding Subsection (d)
  of this section].
         (c-4)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this section,
  an indicator adopted under Subsection (c) may not be included in
  determining the performance rating of a school district or campus
  under Section 39.054 unless it has been determined to be valid and
  reliable by the commissioner and through a peer review process.
         (c-5)  In calculating the performance of a campus providing
  instruction in grades three through eight in the student
  achievement domain under Subsection (c)(1):
               (1)  indicators adopted under Subsections (c)(1)(A)(i)
  and (ii) may not collectively contribute more than 80 percent of the
  score assigned to the campus; and
               (2)  indicators adopted under Subsections
  (c)(1)(A)(iii), (iv), and (v) may not collectively contribute more
  than 20 percent of the score assigned to the campus.
         SECTION 5.  Sections 39.0533(a), (b), and (c), Education
  Code, are amended to read as follows:
         (a)  Beginning with the 2027-2028 school year, the [The]
  commissioner shall [study the feasibility of incorporating] adopt 
  for evaluating school district and campus performance under this
  subchapter an indicator that accounts for student participation in
  extracurricular and cocurricular activities as provided by Section
  39.053(c)(1)(A)(iii) [student activity].
         (b)  In adopting an indicator under Subsection (a), the
  commissioner may [If the commissioner determines that an
  extracurricular and cocurricular student activity indicator is
  appropriate, the commissioner may adopt the indicator.
         [(b)  To determine the feasibility of adopting an indicator
  under this section, the commissioner may] require a school district
  or campus to:
               (1)  participate in a pilot program implementing an
  indicator under Subsection (a); or
               (2)  implement components of and report requested
  information necessary to develop and implement an indicator under
  Subsection (a) [relating to extracurricular and cocurricular
  student activity].
         (c)  The commissioner shall [may] establish an advisory
  committee to assist in developing and [determining the feasibility
  of] incorporating the [an extracurricular and cocurricular student
  activity] indicator under Subsection (a) [for evaluating school
  district and campus performance].
         SECTION 6.  Subchapter C, Chapter 39, Education Code, is
  amended by adding Sections 39.0534 and 39.0547 to read as follows:
         Sec. 39.0534.  STUDENT AND PARENT SATISFACTION INDICATORS.
  (a) Before the beginning of the 2027-2028 school year, the
  commissioner shall adopt for the evaluation of school district and
  campus performance under this subchapter indicators that account
  for student and parent satisfaction as provided by Section
  39.053(c)(1)(A)(iv) as measured by a survey conducted by a school
  district.
         (b)  In adopting an indicator under Subsection (a), the
  commissioner may require a school district or campus to:
               (1)  participate in a pilot program implementing an
  indicator under Subsection (a); or
               (2)  implement components and report requested
  information relating to student and parent satisfaction necessary
  to implement an indicator required by this section.
         (c)  The commissioner shall establish an advisory committee
  to assist in developing and adopting the indicators required by
  this section.
         (d)  A school district may not conduct a survey of student or
  parent satisfaction for purposes of measuring student or parent
  satisfaction under this section unless the State Board of Education
  first approves the content of the survey.
         Sec. 39.0547.  LOCAL ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM GRANT PROGRAM.
  From money appropriated for that purpose, the agency shall provide
  grants to school districts and open-enrollment charter schools for
  the planning and implementation of local accountability systems
  under Section 39.0544.
         SECTION 7.  Subchapter C, Chapter 48, Education Code, is
  amended by adding Section 48.116 to read as follows:
         Sec. 48.116.  EXTRACURRICULAR AND COCURRICULAR ALLOTMENT. A
  school district is entitled to an annual allotment for each student
  in average daily attendance equal to the basic allotment, or, if
  applicable, the sum of the basic allotment and the allotment under
  Section 48.101 to which the district is entitled, multiplied by
  .003.
         SECTION 8.  Sections 39.023(g) and 39.0533(d) and (e),
  Education Code, are repealed.
         SECTION 9.  This Act applies beginning with the 2023-2024
  school year.
         SECTION 10.  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) of this
  section, 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, 2023.
         (b)  Section 48.116, Education Code, as added by this Act,
  takes effect September 1, 2023.