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1	1	85R19325 PAM-D
2	2	By: Parker, Shaheen, White, VanDeaver, Koop, H.B. No. 852
3	3	et al.
4	4	Substitute the following for H.B. No. 852:
5	5	By: VanDeaver C.S.H.B. No. 852
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8	8	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
9	9	AN ACT
10	10	relating to an adult high school diploma and industry certification
11	11	charter school pilot program.
12	12	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
13	13	SECTION 1. Section 29.259, Education Code, is amended by
14	14	amending Subsections (c), (d), and (i) and adding Subsections (n),
15	15	(o), and (p) to read as follows:
16	16	(c) The agency shall [adopt and] administer a state-adopted
17	17	standardized secondary exit-level assessment instrument
18	18	appropriate for assessing adult education program participants who
19	19	successfully complete high school curriculum requirements under a
20	20	program provided under this section. The commissioner shall
21	21	determine the level of performance considered to be satisfactory on
22	22	the state-adopted secondary exit-level assessment instrument for
23	23	receipt of a high school diploma by an adult education program
24	24	participant in a program provided under this section.
25	25	(d) Notwithstanding any other law and in addition to the
26	26	number of charters allowed under Subchapter D, Chapter 12, the
27	27	commissioner [a charter under the pilot program] may, on the basis
28	28	of an application submitted, grant a charter under the pilot
29	29	program [be granted] to a single nonprofit entity described by
30	30	Subsection (e) to provide an adult education program for [not more
31	31	than 150] individuals described by Subsection (g) to successfully
32	32	complete:
33	33	(1) a high school program that can lead to a diploma;
34	34	and
35	35	(2) career and technology education courses that can
36	36	lead to industry certification.
37	37	(i) A charter granted under this section must:
38	38	(1) include a description of the adult education
39	39	program to be offered under this section; and
40	40	(2) establish specific, objective standards for
41	41	receiving a high school diploma, including:
42	42	(A) successful completion of:
43	43	(i) if applicable to the program
44	44	participant, the curriculum requirements under Section 28.025; or
45	45	(ii) the appropriate curriculum
46	46	requirements applicable to the program participant; and
47	47	(B) satisfactory performance on the
48	48	state-adopted standardized secondary exit-level assessment
49	49	instrument described by Subsection (c).
50	50	(n) An adult education program operated under a charter
51	51	granted under this section is subject to:
52	52	(1) a provision of this title establishing a criminal
53	53	offense; and
54	54	(2) a prohibition, restriction, or requirement, as
55	55	applicable, imposed by this title or a rule adopted under this
56	56	title, relating to:
57	57	(A) the Public Education Information Management
58	58	System (PEIMS) to the extent necessary as determined by the
59	59	commissioner to monitor compliance with this section and, as
60	60	applicable, Subchapter D, Chapter 12;
61	61	(B) criminal history records under Subchapter C,
62	62	Chapter 22;
63	63	(C) high school graduation requirements under
64	64	Section 28.025, to the extent applicable to a program participant;
65	65	(D) special education programs under Subchapter
66	66	A, Chapter 29;
67	67	(E) bilingual education under Subchapter B,
68	68	Chapter 29;
69	69	(F) health and safety under Chapter 38;
70	70	(G) the requirement under Section 21.006 to
71	71	report an educator's misconduct; and
72	72	(H) the right of an employee to report a crime, as
73	73	provided by Section 37.148.
74	74	(o) The commissioner shall develop and adopt performance
75	75	frameworks that establish standards by which to measure the
76	76	performance of an adult high school program operated under a
77	77	charter granted under this section in a manner consistent with the
78	78	requirements provided for an open-enrollment charter school under
79	79	Sections 12.1181(a) and (b). Each year, the commissioner shall
80	80	evaluate the performance of an adult high school program operated
81	81	under a charter granted under this section based on the applicable
82	82	performance frameworks adopted under this subsection. The
83	83	commissioner shall include in the performance frameworks adopted
84	84	under this subsection the following performance indicators:
85	85	(1) the percentage of program participants who
86	86	performed satisfactorily on the state-adopted standardized
87	87	secondary exit-level assessment instrument described by Subsection
88	88	(c);
89	89	(2) the percentage of program participants who
90	90	successfully completed the high school program and earned a high
91	91	school diploma;
92	92	(3) the percentage of program participants who
93	93	successfully completed career and technology education courses and
94	94	obtained industry certification;
95	95	(4) the percentage of program participants who have
96	96	enrolled in an institution of higher education or private or
97	97	independent institution of higher education, as those terms are
98	98	defined under Section 61.003; and
99	99	(5) the percentage of program participants who earned
100	100	a wage, salary, or other income increase that was significant as
101	101	determined and reported by the Texas Workforce Commission.
102	102	(p) The commissioner shall adopt rules as necessary to
103	103	implement and administer the reporting requirements under
104	104	Subsection (n)(2)(A) and the evaluation provisions of Subsection
105	105	(o).
106	106	SECTION 2. Section 29.259(l), Education Code, is repealed.
107	107	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.