86R11639 SOS-F
By: Dutton H.B. No. 3452
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to evaluating the performance of dropout recovery schools
for purposes of the public school accountability system.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 39.0548, Education Code, is amended by
amending Subsections (a) and (d) and adding Subsections (a-1), (e),
(f), (g), and (h) to read as follows:
(a) For purposes of evaluating performance under Section
39.053(c), the commissioner shall designate as a dropout recovery
school a school district or an open-enrollment charter school or a
campus of a district or of an open-enrollment charter school:
(1) that serves students in grades 9 through 12 and has
an enrollment of which at least 50 percent of the students are 17
years of age or older as of September 1 of the school year as
reported for the fall semester Public Education Information
Management System (PEIMS) submission; and
(2) that [meets the eligibility requirements for and]
is registered under alternative education accountability
procedures adopted by the commissioner.
(a-1) For purposes of assigning performance ratings under
Section 39.054, the commissioner shall evaluate a dropout recovery
school under alternative education accountability procedures
adopted by the commissioner.
(d) For [Notwithstanding Section 39.053(c), for] purposes
of evaluating a dropout recovery school under the alternative
education accountability procedures adopted by the commissioner
[to determine the performance rating of the school under Section
39.054], only the best result from the primary administration or
any retake of an assessment instrument administered to a student in
the school year evaluated may be considered in assigning
performance ratings for the school under Section 39.054.
(e) For purposes of evaluating performance of a dropout
recovery school under the student achievement domain under Section
39.053(c)(1), the commissioner may consider for purposes of
assigning a domain performance rating under Section 39.054 student
performance based only on the "approaches grade level" performance
standard. Any evaluation of student performance based on a higher
performance standard may not be considered to negatively affect the
domain performance rating or a performance target score of the
school.
(f) For purposes of evaluating performance of a dropout
recovery school under the school progress domain under Section
39.053(c)(2), the commissioner may award credit for academic growth
for purposes of assigning a domain performance rating under Section
39.054 based only on a student reaching the "approaches grade
level" performance standard. Any evaluation of student performance
based on reaching a higher academic growth performance standard may
not be considered to negatively affect the amount of credit awarded
to the school or the domain performance rating or a performance
target score of the school.
(g) For purposes of assigning an overall performance rating
for a dropout recovery school under Section 39.054, the
commissioner shall consider only the school's domain performance
ratings under the student achievement domain under Section
39.053(c)(1) and the school progress domain under Section
39.053(c)(2).
(h) The performance of a dropout recovery school under the
closing the gaps domain under Section 39.053(c)(3) may be used for
reporting purposes only.
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2019-2020
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, 2019.