89R11128 KJE-D
 
  By: Villalobos H.B. No. 2597
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to providing for a delay in the implementation of certain
  changes to the assignment of performance ratings under the public
  school accountability system.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 39, Education Code, is
  amended by adding Section 39.057 to read as follows:
         Sec. 39.057.  DELAY IN IMPLEMENTATION OF CERTAIN CHANGES TO
  ACCOUNTABILITY RATING SYSTEM. Notwithstanding any other law, the
  commissioner may not implement a change in the methods and
  standards adopted under Section 39.054 that would affect the
  performance ratings assigned under that section until the first
  anniversary of the adoption of the change.
         SECTION 2.  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, 2025.