86R27586 SOS-F
By: Dutton H.B. No. 3452
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3452:
By: Allen C.S.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),
and (f) 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 alternative education accountability
procedures adopted by the commissioner, the commissioner shall
adopt performance targets for the student achievement domain under
Section 39.053(c)(1) and the school progress domain under Section
39.053(c)(2) that are based on the average performance of school
districts and campuses registered under the alternative education
accountability procedures for the preceding school year for those
respective domains.
(f) For purposes of assigning an overall performance rating
for a dropout recovery school under Section 39.054, the
commissioner shall attribute not more than 10 percent of that
rating to the closing the gaps domain under Section 39.053(c)(3).
SECTION 2. (a) This Act takes effect on any date not later
than September 1, 2021, on which the commissioner of education:
(1) obtains any necessary waiver from the application
of federal law or regulation conflicting with Section 39.0548,
Education Code, as amended by this Act; or
(2) receives written notification from the United
States Department of Education that a waiver is not required.
(b) This Act applies beginning with the first school year
that begins after the date on which this Act takes effect under
Subsection (a) of this section.
(c) If the commissioner of education obtains any necessary
waiver or receives written notification as described by Subsection
(a) of this section, the commissioner shall certify that the
commissioner has obtained the waiver or received notification that
a waiver is not required, as applicable, and shall publish notice of
that fact in the Texas Register as soon as practicable after
obtaining the waiver or receiving notification.