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Texas House Bill HB2209

Texas 2015 - 84th Regular

Texas House Bill HB2209

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Caption

Relating to the Texas High Performance Schools Consortium.

Impact

With amendments to existing statutes in the Education Code, HB2209 outlines specific criteria for participation in the consortium, limiting the number of participating school districts and charter schools. By allowing only a diverse selection of districts that reflect varying sizes and types, it ensures a broad representation of students and educational environments. The bill mandates that reports on the consortium's performance are submitted biennially, which promotes transparency and accountability among participating entities and informs legislative decisions regarding educational reforms.

Summary

House Bill 2209 addresses the establishment and functioning of the Texas High Performance Schools Consortium. The bill aims to transform public schools in Texas by enhancing student learning through innovative educational standards, assessments, and accountability systems. The consortium is set up to provide informed advice to the governor, state legislature, and educational authorities on effective methods for achieving these improvements in the education system.

Contention

While the bill focuses on enhancing educational outcomes, there could be points of contention regarding the selection process for consortium participants. Critics may argue that the limitations placed on the number of participating schools could exclude particularly disadvantaged districts that could benefit from the consortium's innovative approaches. Furthermore, the reliance on performance reports, while aiming to uphold accountability, may raise concerns over the standardization of educational practices across diverse districts, potentially neglecting local needs.

Additional_points

The legislation is designed to have immediate effect upon passage, underscoring its urgency in the context of educational reform. This immediate implementation may spark debate on the appropriateness of fast-tracking such significant changes in the education sector, particularly without extensive community input or a broader discussion about educational disparities.

Latest TX HB2209 Activity

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Companion Bills

TX SB1771

Identical Relating to the Texas High Performance Schools Consortium.

Previously Filed As

TX HB4691

Relating to public school accountability, including performance standards and sanctions and public high school graduation requirements.

TX HB4514

Relating to public school accountability, including the assessment of academic performance, and district and campus performance standards and sanctions.

TX SB2295

Relating to accelerated instruction provided for public school students who fail to achieve satisfactory performance on certain assessment instruments, indicators under the public school accountability system, and performance standards in public schools.

TX HB4402

Relating to the administration of certain assessment instruments, the accountability rating system for assessing campus and district performance, public school career and technology education programs, and an extracurricular and cocurricular allotment under the Foundation School Program.

TX HB1

Relating to primary and secondary education, including the certification, compensation, and health coverage of certain public school employees, the public school finance system, special education in public schools, the establishment of an education savings account program, measures to support the education of public school students that include certain educational grant programs, reading instruction, and early childhood education, the provision of virtual education, and public school accountability.

TX HB1

Relating to primary and secondary education, including the certification, compensation, and health coverage of certain public school employees, the public school finance system, special education in public schools, the establishment of an education savings account program, measures to support the education of public school students that include certain educational grant programs, reading instruction, and early childhood education, the provision of virtual education, and public school accountability.

TX SB1261

Relating to accelerated instruction provided to public school students who fail to achieve satisfactory performance on certain assessment instruments.

TX HB3447

Relating to the establishment and administration of the Texas Space Commission and the Texas Aerospace Research and Space Economy Consortium.

TX HB681

Relating to the provision of virtual education in public schools and to certain waivers and modifications by the commissioner of education to the method of calculating average daily attendance in an emergency or crisis for purposes of preserving school district funding entitlements under the Foundation School Program during that emergency or crisis; authorizing a fee.

TX HB1416

Relating to accelerated instruction provided to public school students who fail to achieve satisfactory performance on certain assessment instruments.

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