83R384 CAS-F
By: Guillen H.B. No. 251
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to considering the performance of certain students on
state assessment instruments in evaluating school district and
campus performance.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 39.054, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (d-2) to read as follows:
(d-2) In evaluating performance under Subsection (c), the
commissioner may not lower a performance rating for purposes of
this chapter based on unsatisfactory performance on an assessment
instrument administered under Section 39.023(a), (b), (c), (l), or
(n) to a student for a period of three years after the student's
initial enrollment in a school in the United States if the student
is a student of limited English proficiency, as defined by Section
29.052. This subsection does not apply to a performance rating for
purposes of:
(1) compliance monitoring under Section 7.028; or
(2) public school accountability under federal law.
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2013-2014
school year.
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 September 1, 2013.