2015S0001-1 10/03/14
By: Farney H.B. No. 3992
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the Texas School Accountability Dashboard.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 39.309, Education Code, is amended by
amending Subsections (b) and (c) and adding Subsection (d) to read
as follows:
(b) The commissioner shall adopt, for use on the Texas
School Accountability Dashboard, a performance index in each of the
following areas:
(1) student achievement, using measures correlated
with academic success, including:
(A) assessment program performance in grades 3
through 8;
(B) end-of-course exams, including alternative
assessments under Section 39.023; and
(C) student participation in the University
Interscholastic League;
(2) student progress, using measures that indicate
academic growth, including student progress under the assessment
program in grades 3 through 8 and end-of-course exams,
disaggregated by:
(A) race;
(B) ethnicity; and
(C) populations served by special programs,
including special education, bilingual education, and special
language programs;
(3) closing performance gaps, using measures that
indicate achievement gaps, including growth in student
achievement, disaggregated by socioeconomic status, race, and
ethnicity, under the assessment program in grades 3 through 8 and
end-of-course exams compared to the same subgroup for the prior
year; and
(4) postsecondary readiness, using measures that
indicate college and career readiness, including:
(A) high school graduation rates;
(B) the number of career and technical
certifications awarded;
(C) the total number of college semester credit
hours earned; and
(D) the percentage of students that have:
(i) satisfied the Texas Success Initiative
(TSI) college readiness benchmarks prescribed by the Texas Higher
Education Coordinating Board under Section 51.3062(f) on any
assessment instrument designated by the coordinating board under
Section 51.3062(c) or qualified for an exemption as described by
Section 51.3062(p), (q), or (q-1); or
(ii) satisfied ACT's College Readiness
Benchmarks on the ACT assessment applicable to the applicant or
earned on the SAT assessment a score of at least 1,500 out of 2,400
or the equivalent.
(c) The Texas School Accountability Dashboard developed
under Subsection (a) shall be updated annually not later than
September 1 and must include:
(1) performance information for each school district
and campus in areas specified by Subsection (b) and must allow for
comparison between districts and campuses in each of the areas;
(2) a comparison of the number of students enrolled in
each school district, including:
(A) the percentage of students of limited English
proficiency, as defined by Section 29.052;
(B) the percentage of students who are unschooled
asylees or refugees, as defined by Section 39.027(a-1);
(C) the percentage of students who are
educationally disadvantaged; and
(D) the percentage of students with
disabilities;
(3) a comparison of performance information for each
district and campus disaggregated by race, ethnicity, and
populations served by special programs, including special
education, bilingual education, and special language programs; and
(4) a comparison of performance information by subject
area.
(d) In this section, "assessment program" means the
statewide assessment program created under this chapter.
SECTION 2. The Texas Education Agency shall complete the
implementation of the Texas School Accountability Dashboard as
required under Section 39.309(a), Education Code, not later than
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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, 2015.