81R2332 CAS-F
By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 38
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to considering school district disciplinary placement
information for accountability purposes.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 39.051(b), Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(b) Performance on the indicators adopted under this
section shall be compared to state-established standards. The
degree of change from one school year to the next in performance on
each indicator adopted under this section shall also be
considered. The indicators must be based on information that is
disaggregated by race, ethnicity, gender, and socioeconomic status
and must include:
(1) the results of assessment instruments required
under Sections 39.023(a), (c), and (l), aggregated by grade level
and subject area;
(2) dropout rates, including dropout rates and
district completion rates for grade levels 9 through 12, computed
in accordance with standards and definitions adopted by the
National Center for Education Statistics of the United States
Department of Education;
(3) high school graduation rates, computed in
accordance with standards and definitions adopted in compliance
with the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (Pub. L. No. 107-110);
(4) student attendance rates;
(5) the percentage of graduating students who attain
scores on the questions developed for end-of-course assessment
instruments under Section 39.0233(a) that are equivalent to a
passing score on the assessment instrument required under Section
51.3062;
(6) the percentage of graduating students who meet the
course requirements established for the recommended high school
program by State Board of Education rule;
(7) the results of the Scholastic Assessment Test
(SAT), the American College Test (ACT), articulated postsecondary
degree programs described by Section 61.852, and certified
workforce training programs described by Chapter 311, Labor Code;
(8) the percentage of students, aggregated by grade
level, provided accelerated instruction under Section 28.0211(c),
the results of assessments administered under that section, the
percentage of students promoted through the grade placement
committee process under Section 28.0211, the subject of the
assessment instrument on which each student failed to perform
satisfactorily, and the performance of those students in the school
year following that promotion on the assessment instruments
required under Section 39.023;
(9) for students who have failed to perform
satisfactorily on an assessment instrument required under Section
39.023(a) or (c), the numerical progress of those students grouped
by percentage on subsequent assessment instruments required under
those sections, aggregated by grade level and subject area;
(10) the percentage of students exempted, by exemption
category, from the assessment program generally applicable under
this chapter;
(11) the percentage of students of limited English
proficiency exempted from the administration of an assessment
instrument under Sections 39.027(a)(3) and (4);
(12) the percentage of students in a special education
program under Subchapter A, Chapter 29, assessed through assessment
instruments developed or adopted under Section 39.023(b);
(13) the measure of progress toward preparation for
postsecondary success; [and]
(14) the measure of progress toward dual language
proficiency under Section 39.034(b), for students of limited
English proficiency, as defined by Section 29.052; and
(15) the percentage of students subject to each of the
following actions, disaggregated by whether the action was
discretionary or mandatory and by status as a student in a special
education program under Subchapter A, Chapter 29:
(A) placement in an in-school suspension
setting;
(B) suspension from school;
(C) placement in a disciplinary alternative
education program;
(D) expulsion from school; and
(E) placement in a juvenile justice alternative
education program.
SECTION 2. Section 39.052(b), Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(b) The report card shall include the following
information:
(1) where applicable, the academic excellence
indicators adopted under Sections 39.051(b)(1) through (10) and
(15);
(2) average class size by grade level and subject;
(3) the administrative and instructional costs per
student, computed in a manner consistent with Section 44.0071; and
(4) the district's instructional expenditures ratio
and instructional employees ratio computed under Section 44.0071,
and the statewide average of those ratios, as determined by the
commissioner.
SECTION 3. This Act applies beginning with the 2009-2010
school year.
SECTION 4. 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, 2009.