By: Davis, et al. S.B. No. 1310
(Huberty)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to standards for school district, public school campus,
and open-enrollment charter school performance ratings.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. The heading to Section 39.053, Education Code,
is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 39.053. PERFORMANCE INDICATORS: QUALITY OF LEARNING
AND STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT.
SECTION 2. Section 39.053, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (j) to read as follows:
(j) Indicators of the quality of learning adopted under this
section must include:
(1) the percentage of teachers who teach a grade level
or subject for which the teacher does not hold the appropriate
certification;
(2) the rates at which teachers are not retained; and
(3) for each applicable grade level, the number of
exceptions from the class size limits granted under Section 25.112.
SECTION 3. Subsection (b), Section 39.054, Education Code,
is amended to read as follows:
(b) In evaluating performance, the commissioner shall
evaluate against state standards and consider the performance of
each campus in a school district and each open-enrollment charter
school on the basis of the campus's or school's performance on the
student achievement and quality of learning indicators adopted
under Sections [Section] 39.053(c) and (j).
SECTION 4. This Act applies beginning with the 2013-2014
school year.
SECTION 5. 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.