| 1 | 1 | | 81R11986 CBE-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Dutton H.C.R. No. 113 |
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| 5 | 5 | | CONCURRENT RESOLUTION |
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| 6 | 6 | | WHEREAS, Texas is home to 1,035 school districts, each of |
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| 7 | 7 | | which is represented by a board of trustees that charts the |
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| 8 | 8 | | direction of educational programs and services, establishes |
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| 9 | 9 | | operating policies, and ensures the financial viability of the |
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| 10 | 10 | | district; although school boards are integral to the state's public |
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| 11 | 11 | | education system, they are not subject to accountability by the |
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| 12 | 12 | | Texas Education Agency; and |
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| 13 | 13 | | WHEREAS, The current accountability system for public |
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| 14 | 14 | | education in Texas holds students, teachers, schools, and districts |
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| 15 | 15 | | responsible for their performance; and |
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| 16 | 16 | | WHEREAS, Students must demonstrate academic ability on |
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| 17 | 17 | | standardized statewide tests and end-of-course assessments; |
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| 18 | 18 | | classroom teachers are held accountable for the collective |
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| 19 | 19 | | performance of their students through a system of appraisals and |
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| 20 | 20 | | incentives; and |
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| 21 | 21 | | WHEREAS, Individual campuses and districts are held |
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| 22 | 22 | | accountable for their overall school or district performance |
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| 23 | 23 | | through an accreditation system that rewards excellence and |
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| 24 | 24 | | provides interventions for those rated academically unacceptable; |
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| 25 | 25 | | and |
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| 26 | 26 | | WHEREAS, Currently, there is no system in place for |
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| 27 | 27 | | evaluating the performance of school boards, those organizations |
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| 28 | 28 | | charged with the essential task of ensuring that each student, each |
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| 29 | 29 | | classroom teacher, each campus, and each district have the best |
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| 30 | 30 | | possible opportunity to succeed; now, therefore, be it |
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| 31 | 31 | | RESOLVED, That the 81st Legislature of the State of Texas |
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| 32 | 32 | | hereby request the Texas Education Agency to develop a rating |
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| 33 | 33 | | system for the performance of local school boards; and, be it |
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| 34 | 34 | | further |
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| 35 | 35 | | RESOLVED, That requirements for the rating system include the |
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| 36 | 36 | | following provisions: (1) each school board is to receive a rating |
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| 37 | 37 | | every two years; (2) the system is to include a measurement to |
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| 38 | 38 | | assess the allocation of personnel to low-performing schools; (3) |
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| 39 | 39 | | the system is to include a measurement to assess the allocation of |
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| 40 | 40 | | financial resources to low-performing schools; and (4) reports of |
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| 41 | 41 | | the ratings are to be made available to the Texas Legislature by |
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| 42 | 42 | | September of each even-numbered year; and, be it further |
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| 43 | 43 | | RESOLVED, That the secretary of state forward an official |
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| 44 | 44 | | copy of this resolution to the commissioner of education of the |
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| 45 | 45 | | Texas Education Agency. |
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