84R3544 PAM-D
By: Farney H.B. No. 879
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to evaluating the performance of dropout recovery schools.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 39.0545, Education Code, as added by
Chapter 167 (S.B. 1538), Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular
Session, 2013, is amended by amending Subsection (d) and adding
Subsection (e) to read as follows:
(d) For purposes of evaluating a dropout recovery school[,
only the best result from the primary administration and any retake
of an assessment instrument administered to a student in the school
year evaluated] under the accountability procedures adopted by the
commissioner:
(1) only a student enrolled continuously for at least
one semester may be included and [may be] considered in determining
the performance rating of the school under Section 39.054; and
(2) the results of the primary administration of an
assessment instrument administered to a student and any retake of
an assessment instrument administered to a student shall be
included and considered in determining the performance rating of
the school under Section 39.054.
(e) For purposes of evaluating a dropout recovery school
under the accountability procedures adopted by the commissioner,
the commissioner:
(1) may not authorize the use of a procedure to measure
student growth that is based on the percentage of students who,
based on each student's performance on an assessment instrument,
satisfy an established growth performance standard; and
(2) shall by rule establish a procedure to measure
student growth by:
(A) computing the average aggregate increase in
each student's performance on an assessment instrument; and
(B) including for purposes of the computation
under Paragraph (A) the results of any primary administration of an
assessment instrument administered to a student at another school
if the retake of the assessment instrument is administered by the
dropout recovery school.
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2015-2016
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, 2015.