85R10295 SRS-D
By: Lucio S.B. No. 1038
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to evaluation of public schools based on academic
achievement and financial resources.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 39.057(a), Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(a) The commissioner may authorize special accreditation
investigations to be conducted:
(1) when excessive numbers of absences of students
eligible to be tested on state assessment instruments are
determined;
(2) when excessive numbers of allowable exemptions
from the required state assessment instruments are determined;
(3) in response to complaints submitted to the agency
with respect to alleged violations of civil rights or other
requirements imposed on the state by federal law or court order;
(4) in response to established compliance reviews of
the district's financial accounting practices and state and federal
program requirements;
(5) when extraordinary numbers of student placements
in disciplinary alternative education programs, other than
placements under Sections 37.006 and 37.007, are determined;
(6) in response to an allegation involving a conflict
between members of the board of trustees or between the board and
the district administration if it appears that the conflict
involves a violation of a role or duty of the board members or the
administration clearly defined by this code;
(7) when excessive numbers of students in special
education programs under Subchapter A, Chapter 29, are assessed
through assessment instruments developed or adopted under Section
39.023(b);
(8) in response to an allegation regarding or an
analysis using a statistical method result indicating a possible
violation of an assessment instrument security procedure
established under Section 39.0301, including for the purpose of
investigating or auditing a school district under that section;
(9) when a significant pattern of decreased academic
performance has developed as a result of the promotion in the
preceding two school years of students who did not perform
satisfactorily as determined by the commissioner under Section
39.0241(a) on assessment instruments administered under Section
39.023(a), (c), or (l);
(10) when excessive numbers of students eligible to
enroll fail to complete an Algebra II course or any other advanced
course as determined by the commissioner;
(11) when academic return on financial resources
[resource allocation practices] as evaluated under Section 39.059
indicates [39.0821 indicate] a potential for significant
improvement [in resource allocation];
(12) when a disproportionate number of students of a
particular demographic group is graduating with a particular
endorsement under Section 28.025(c-1);
(13) when an excessive number of students is
graduating with a particular endorsement under
Section 28.025(c-1);
(14) in response to a complaint submitted to the
agency with respect to alleged inaccurate data that is reported
through the Public Education Information Management System (PEIMS)
or through other reports required by state or federal law or rule or
court order and that is used by the agency to make a determination
relating to public school accountability, including accreditation,
under this chapter; or
(15) as the commissioner otherwise determines
necessary.
SECTION 2. Subchapter C, Chapter 39, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 39.059 to read as follows:
Sec. 39.059. ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AND FINANCIAL RESOURCES
EVALUATION. (a) The agency shall develop a statistical model to
evaluate a campus and district's academic return on financial
resources.
(b) In evaluating a campus and district under this section,
the agency shall:
(1) evaluate and integrate existing academic
accountability and financial data; and
(2) rank the results of the evaluation under
Subdivision (1) to compare the relative performance of districts
and campuses with similar financial resources.
(c) Based on the ranking under Subsection (b)(2), and in
accordance with rules adopted by the commissioner, the commissioner
shall assign each campus and district a rating of A, B, C, D, or F.
(d) Not later than August 15 of each year, the rating of each
district and campus under this section shall be made publicly
available along with the performance ratings awarded to the
district or campus under Section 39.054(a).
SECTION 3. Section 39.0821, Education Code, is repealed.
SECTION 4. This Act applies beginning with the 2017-2018
school year.
SECTION 5. 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.