By: Giddings, Guillen (Senate Sponsor - West) H.B. No. 1500
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 3, 2017;
May 5, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on
Education; May 23, 2017, reported adversely, with favorable
Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0;
May 23, 2017, sent to printer.)
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 1500 By: West
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the public school accountability system.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 39.053, Education Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsections (c-4) and (g-3) to
read as follows:
(c) School districts and campuses must be evaluated based on
five domains of indicators of achievement adopted under this
section that include:
(1) in the first domain, the results of:
(A) assessment instruments required under
Sections 39.023(a), (c), and (l), including the results of
assessment instruments required for graduation retaken by a
student, aggregated across grade levels by subject area, including:
(i) for the performance standard determined
by the commissioner under Section 39.0241(a), the percentage of
students who performed satisfactorily on the assessment
instruments, aggregated across grade levels by subject area; and
(ii) for the college readiness performance
standard as determined under Section 39.0241, the percentage of
students who performed satisfactorily on the assessment
instruments, aggregated across grade levels by subject area; and
(B) assessment instruments required under
Section 39.023(b), aggregated across grade levels by subject area,
including the percentage of students who performed satisfactorily
on the assessment instruments, as determined by the performance
standard adopted by the agency, aggregated across grade levels by
subject area;
(2) in the second domain:
(A) for assessment instruments under Subdivision
(1)(A):
(i) for the performance standard determined
by the commissioner under Section 39.0241(a), the percentage of
students who met the standard for annual improvement on the
assessment instruments, as determined by the commissioner by rule
or by the method for measuring annual improvement under Section
39.034, aggregated across grade levels by subject area; and
(ii) for the college readiness performance
standard as determined under Section 39.0241, the percentage of
students who met the standard for annual improvement on the
assessment instruments, as determined by the commissioner by rule
or by the method for measuring annual improvement under Section
39.034, aggregated across grade levels by subject area; and
(B) for assessment instruments under Subdivision
(1)(B), the percentage of students who met the standard for annual
improvement on the assessment instruments, as determined by the
commissioner by rule or by the method for measuring annual
improvement under Section 39.034, aggregated across grade levels by
subject area;
(3) in the third domain, the student academic
achievement differentials among students from different racial and
ethnic groups and socioeconomic backgrounds;
(4) in the fourth domain:
(A) for evaluating the performance of high school
campuses and districts that include high school campuses:
(i) dropout rates, including dropout rates
and district completion rates for grade levels 9 through 12,
computed in accordance with standards and definitions adopted by
the National Center for Education Statistics of the United States
Department of Education;
(ii) high school graduation rates, computed
in accordance with standards and definitions adopted in compliance
with the Every Student Succeeds Act [No Child Left Behind Act of
2001] (20 U.S.C. Section 6301 et seq.);
(iii) the percentage of students who
successfully completed the curriculum requirements for the
distinguished level of achievement under the foundation high school
program;
(iv) the percentage of students who
successfully completed the curriculum requirements for an
endorsement under Section 28.025(c-1);
(v) the percentage of students who
completed a coherent sequence of career and technical courses;
(vi) the percentage of students who satisfy
the Texas Success Initiative (TSI) college readiness benchmarks
prescribed by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board under
Section 51.3062(f) on an assessment instrument in reading, writing,
or mathematics designated by the Texas Higher Education
Coordinating Board under Section 51.3062(c);
(vii) the percentage of students who earn
at least 12 hours of postsecondary credit required for the
foundation high school program under Section 28.025 or to earn an
endorsement under Section 28.025(c-1);
(viii) the percentage of students who have
completed an advanced placement or international baccalaureate
course;
(ix) the percentage of students who enlist
in the armed forces of the United States; [and]
(x) the percentage of students who earn an
industry certification;
(xi) the percentage of students who
successfully completed an OnRamps dual enrollment course;
(xii) the percentage of students who have
received credit by examination;
(xiii) the percentage of students who have
been promoted to higher grade levels than the grade levels to which
the students would ordinarily be assigned;
(xiv) the percentage of students who have
earned a diploma after not more than three years of high school
attendance; and
(xv) the percentage of students who earn an
associate degree;
(B) for evaluating the performance of middle and
junior high school and elementary school campuses and districts
that include those campuses:
(i) student attendance; [and]
(ii) for middle and junior high school
campuses:
(a) dropout rates, computed in the
manner described by Paragraph (A)(i); [and]
(b) the percentage of students in
grades seven and eight who receive instruction in preparing for
high school, college, and a career that includes information
regarding the creation of a high school personal graduation plan
under Section 28.02121, the distinguished level of achievement
described by Section 28.025(b-15), each endorsement described by
Section 28.025(c-1), college readiness standards, and potential
career choices and the education needed to enter those careers; and
(c) the percentage of students in
grades seven and eight who complete a pre-advanced placement course
or pre-international baccalaureate course; and
(iii) the percentage of students who
participate in a University Interscholastic League A+ academic
event; and
(C) any additional indicators of student
achievement not associated with performance on standardized
assessment instruments determined appropriate for consideration by
the commissioner in consultation with educators, parents, business
and industry representatives, and employers; and
(5) in the fifth domain, three programs or specific
categories of performance related to community and student
engagement locally selected and evaluated as provided by Section
39.0546.
(c-4) For purposes of evaluating the performance of a
district or campus under Subsection (c), the commissioner shall
determine a method by which the performance of a student is
attributed greater weight for each school year a student has been
continuously enrolled in the school district or at the campus, as
applicable.
(g-3) The commissioner shall adopt rules for computing the
percentage of students participating in a University
Interscholastic League A+ academic event under Subsection
(c)(4)(B)(iii).
SECTION 2. Section 39.107, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsections (b-10), (b-11), and (b-12) to read as follows:
(b-10) Not later than June 15 of each year, the commissioner
shall, in writing, either approve or reject any campus turnaround
plan prepared and submitted to the commissioner by a district. If
the commissioner rejects a campus turnaround plan, the commissioner
must also send the district an outline of the specific concerns
regarding the turnaround plan that resulted in the rejection.
(b-11) If the commissioner rejects a campus turnaround
plan, the district must create a modified plan with assistance from
agency staff and submit the modified plan to the commissioner for
approval not later than August 15. The commissioner shall notify
the district in writing of the commissioner's decision regarding
the modified plan not later than September 1.
(b-12) If the agency assists or offers assistance to a
district in modifying a campus turnaround plan following a
rejection under Subsection (b-10), the agency may not recommend or
require participation by the district in any of the following:
(1) general workshops for the board of trustees of the
district;
(2) the use of fidelity instruments as part of the
campus turnaround plan; or
(3) any other initiative that does not directly relate
to a concern raised in regard to the rejected campus turnaround plan
that was identified by the commissioner under Subsection (b-10).
SECTION 3. This Act applies beginning with the 2017-2018
school year.
SECTION 4. 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, 2017.
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