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      88(3) HB 174 - Introduced version - Bill Text
      
            88S30266 JTZ-D
         
		By:  Guillen
            H.B.  No.  174
         
               A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
            
               AN ACT
            
            relating to 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 39.053(c), Education Code, is amended 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; 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;
         
Statutes affected: 
Introduced: Education Code 39.053, Education Code 39.0544, Education Code 39.202 (Education Code 39)



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to 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 39.053(c), Education Code, is amended 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; 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;
Statutes affected: Introduced: Education Code 39.053, Education Code 39.0544, Education Code 39.202 (Education Code 39)