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1	1	85R12878 PAM-D
2	2	By: Uresti H.B. No. 2951
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to evaluating the performance of public school districts
8	8	and campuses.
9	9	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	10	SECTION 1. Section 39.053(c), Education Code, is amended to
11	11	read as follows:
12	12	(c) School districts and campuses must be evaluated based on
13	13	five domains of indicators of achievement adopted under this
14	14	section that include:
15	15	(1) in the first domain, the results of:
16	16	(A) assessment instruments required under
17	17	Sections 39.023(a), (c), and (l), including the results of
18	18	assessment instruments required for graduation retaken by a
19	19	student, aggregated across grade levels by subject area, including:
20	20	(i) for the performance standard determined
21	21	by the commissioner under Section 39.0241(a), the percentage of
22	22	students who performed satisfactorily on the assessment
23	23	instruments, aggregated across grade levels by subject area; and
24	24	(ii) for the college readiness performance
25	25	standard as determined under Section 39.0241, the percentage of
26	26	students who performed satisfactorily on the assessment
27	27	instruments, aggregated across grade levels by subject area; and
28	28	(B) assessment instruments required under
29	29	Section 39.023(b), aggregated across grade levels by subject area,
30	30	including the percentage of students who performed satisfactorily
31	31	on the assessment instruments, as determined by the performance
32	32	standard adopted by the agency, aggregated across grade levels by
33	33	subject area;
34	34	(2) in the second domain:
35	35	(A) for assessment instruments under Subdivision
36	36	(1)(A):
37	37	(i) for the performance standard determined
38	38	by the commissioner under Section 39.0241(a), the percentage of
39	39	students who met the standard for annual improvement on the
40	40	assessment instruments, as determined by the commissioner by rule
41	41	or by the method for measuring annual improvement under Section
42	42	39.034, aggregated across grade levels by subject area; and
43	43	(ii) for the college readiness performance
44	44	standard as determined under Section 39.0241, the percentage of
45	45	students who met the standard for annual improvement on the
46	46	assessment instruments, as determined by the commissioner by rule
47	47	or by the method for measuring annual improvement under Section
48	48	39.034, aggregated across grade levels by subject area; and
49	49	(B) for assessment instruments under Subdivision
50	50	(1)(B), the percentage of students who met the standard for annual
51	51	improvement on the assessment instruments, as determined by the
52	52	commissioner by rule or by the method for measuring annual
53	53	improvement under Section 39.034, aggregated across grade levels by
54	54	subject area;
55	55	(3) in the third domain, the student academic
56	56	achievement differentials among students from different racial and
57	57	ethnic groups and socioeconomic backgrounds;
58	58	(4) in the fourth domain:
59	59	(A) for evaluating the performance of high school
60	60	campuses and districts that include high school campuses:
61	61	(i) dropout rates, including dropout rates
62	62	and district completion rates for grade levels 9 through 12,
63	63	computed in accordance with standards and definitions adopted by
64	64	the National Center for Education Statistics of the United States
65	65	Department of Education;
66	66	(ii) high school graduation rates, computed
67	67	in accordance with standards and definitions adopted in compliance
68	68	with the Every Student Succeeds Act [No Child Left Behind Act of
69	69	2001] (20 U.S.C. Section 6301 et seq.);
70	70	(iii) the percentage of students who
71	71	successfully completed the curriculum requirements for the
72	72	distinguished level of achievement under the foundation high school
73	73	program;
74	74	(iv) the percentage of students who
75	75	successfully completed the curriculum requirements for an
76	76	endorsement under Section 28.025(c-1);
77	77	(v) the percentage of students who
78	78	completed a coherent sequence of career and technical courses;
79	79	(vi) the percentage of students who satisfy
80	80	the Texas Success Initiative (TSI) college readiness benchmarks
81	81	prescribed by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board under
82	82	Section 51.3062(f) on an assessment instrument in reading, writing,
83	83	or mathematics designated by the Texas Higher Education
84	84	Coordinating Board under Section 51.3062(c);
85	85	(vii) the percentage of students who earn
86	86	at least 12 hours of postsecondary credit required for the
87	87	foundation high school program under Section 28.025 or to earn an
88	88	endorsement under Section 28.025(c-1);
89	89	(viii) the percentage of students who have
90	90	completed an advanced placement course;
91	91	(ix) the percentage of students who enlist
92	92	in the armed forces of the United States; and
93	93	(x) the percentage of students who earn an
94	94	industry certification;
95	95	(B) for evaluating the performance of middle and
96	96	junior high school [and elementary school] campuses and districts
97	97	that include those campuses:
98	98	(i) student attendance; [and]
99	99	(ii) [for middle and junior high school
100	100	campuses:
101	101	[(a)] dropout rates, computed in the
102	102	manner described by Paragraph (A)(i); and
103	103	(iii) [(b)] the percentage of students in
104	104	grades seven and eight who receive instruction in preparing for
105	105	high school, college, and a career that includes information
106	106	regarding the creation of a high school personal graduation plan
107	107	under Section 28.02121, the distinguished level of achievement
108	108	described by Section 28.025(b-15), each endorsement described by
109	109	Section 28.025(c-1), college readiness standards, and potential
110	110	career choices and the education needed to enter those careers; and
111	111	(C) any additional indicators of student
112	112	achievement not associated with performance on standardized
113	113	assessment instruments determined appropriate for consideration by
114	114	the commissioner in consultation with educators, parents, business
115	115	and industry representatives, and employers; and
116	116	(5) in the fifth domain, three programs or specific
117	117	categories of performance related to community and student
118	118	engagement locally selected and evaluated as provided by Section
119	119	39.0546.
120	120	SECTION 2. Section 39.054(a-1), Education Code, is amended
121	121	to read as follows:
122	122	(a-1) For purposes of assigning an overall performance
123	123	rating under Subsection (a), the commissioner shall attribute:
124	124	(1) 55 percent of the performance evaluation to the
125	125	achievement indicators for the first, second, and third domains
126	126	under Sections 39.053(c)(1)-(3);
127	127	(2) for elementary school campuses and districts that
128	128	include only those campuses, an additional 35 percent of the
129	129	performance evaluation to the achievement indicators for the first,
130	130	second, and third domains under Sections 39.053(c)(1)-(3);
131	131	(3) for middle and junior high school [and elementary]
132	132	campuses and districts that include only middle and junior high
133	133	school and elementary school [those] campuses, 35 percent of the
134	134	performance evaluation to the applicable achievement indicators
135	135	for the fourth domain under Section 39.053(c)(4);
136	136	(4) [(3)] for high school campuses and districts that
137	137	include those campuses:
138	138	(A) 10 percent of the performance evaluation to
139	139	the high school graduation rate achievement indicator described by
140	140	Section 39.053(c)(4)(A)(ii); and
141	141	(B) 25 percent to the remaining applicable
142	142	achievement indicators for the fourth domain under Section
143	143	39.053(c)(4); and
144	144	(5) [(4)] 10 percent of the performance evaluation to
145	145	the locally selected and evaluated achievement indicators provided
146	146	for under the fifth domain under Section 39.053(c)(5).
147	147	SECTION 3. This Act applies beginning with the 2017-2018
148	148	school year.
149	149	SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
150	150	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
151	151	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
152	152	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
153	153	Act takes effect September 1, 2017.