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.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: Education Code 39.202 (Education Code 39)