By: Hochberg H.B. No. 1692
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to accountability for gifted and talented programs
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 39, Education Code, is amended by adding
Section 39.117, to read as follows:
Section 39.117. GIFTED AND TALENTED STANDARDS. The
commissioner shall adopt standards for the evaluation of gifted and
talented programs. A school that uses the Texas Performance
Standards Project or another program approved by the commissioner
that meets the requirements of the Texas state plan for the
education of gifted and talented students under section 29.123 and
receives a satisfactory rating under the standards set by the
commissioner shall not be subject to the limitation under 42.156
(c) for the following two school years. If a district fails to
receive a satisfactory rating for two consecutive school years, it
shall be subject to the limitation under 42.156 (c) until the year
following a satisfactory rating.
Section 2. Section 42.156 (c) is amended to read as follows:
(c) Except as provided in Section 39.117, not more than five
percent of a district's students in average daily attendance are
eligible for funding under this section.
Section 3. The commissioner shall adopt standards for the
evaluation of gifted and talented programs for the evaluation of
gifted and talented programs no later than September 1, 2010.
Section 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.