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1	1		86R13406 CAE-F
2		-	By: Bell of Kaufman, Ashby, Hefner, Bernal, H.B. No. 3696
3		-	Bowers
	2	+	By: Bell of Kaufman H.B. No. 3696
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6	5		A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
7	6		AN ACT
8	7		relating to indicators of achievement under the public school
9	8		accountability system.
10	9		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
11	10		SECTION 1. Section 39.053(c), Education Code, as amended by
12	11		Chapters 807 (H.B. 22), 842 (H.B. 2223), and 1088 (H.B. 3593), Acts
13	12		of the 85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017, is reenacted and
14	13		amended to read as follows:
15	14		(c) School districts and campuses must be evaluated based on
16	15		three domains of indicators of achievement adopted under this
17	16		section that include:
18	17		(1) in the student achievement domain, indicators of
19	18		student achievement that must include:
20	19		(A) for evaluating the performance of districts
21	20		and campuses generally:
22	21		(i) an indicator that accounts for the
23	22		results of assessment instruments required under Sections
24	23		39.023(a), (c), and (l), as applicable for the district and campus,
25	24		including the results of assessment instruments required for
26	25		graduation retaken by a student, aggregated across grade levels by
27	26		subject area, including:
28	27		(a) for the performance standard
29	28		determined by the commissioner under Section 39.0241(a), the
30	29		percentage of students who performed satisfactorily on the
31	30		assessment instruments, aggregated across grade levels by subject
32	31		area; and
33	32		(b) for the college readiness
34	33		performance standard as determined under Section 39.0241, the
35	34		percentage of students who performed satisfactorily on the
36	35		assessment instruments, aggregated across grade levels by subject
37	36		area; and
38	37		(ii) an indicator that accounts for the
39	38		results of assessment instruments required under Section
40	39		39.023(b), as applicable for the district and campus, including the
41	40		percentage of students who performed satisfactorily on the
42	41		assessment instruments, as determined by the performance standard
43	42		adopted by the agency, aggregated across grade levels by subject
44	43		area; and
45	44		(B) for evaluating the performance of high school
46	45		campuses and districts that include high school campuses,
47	46		indicators that account for:
48	47		(i) students who satisfy the Texas Success
49	48		Initiative (TSI) college readiness benchmarks prescribed by the
50	49		Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board under Section 51.334 on
51	50		an assessment instrument in reading or mathematics designated by
52	51		the coordinating board under that section;
53	52		(ii) students who satisfy relevant
54	53		performance standards on advanced placement tests or similar
55	54		assessments;
56	55		(iii) students who earn dual course credits
57	56		in the dual credit courses;
58	57		(iv) students who enlist in the armed
59	58		forces of the United States;
60	59		(v) students who earn industry
61	60		certifications;
62	61		(vi) students admitted into postsecondary
63	62		industry certification programs that require as a prerequisite for
64	63		entrance successful performance at the secondary level;
65	64		(vii) students whose successful completion
66	65		of a course or courses under Section 28.014 indicates the student's
67	66		preparation to enroll and succeed, without remediation, in an
68	67		entry-level general education course for a baccalaureate degree or
69	68		associate degree;
70	69		(viii) students who successfully met
71	70		standards on a composite of indicators that through research
72	71		indicates the student's preparation to enroll and succeed, without
73	72		remediation, in an entry-level general education course for a
74	73		baccalaureate degree or associate degree;
75	74		(ix) high school graduation rates, computed
76	75		in accordance with standards and definitions adopted in compliance
77	76		with the Every Student Succeeds Act (20 U.S.C. Section 6301 et seq.)
78	77		subject to the exclusions provided by Subsections (g), (g-1),
79	78		(g-2), and (g-3);
80	79		(x) students who successfully completed an
81	80		OnRamps dual enrollment course; [and]
82	81		(xi) [the percentage of] students who
83	82		successfully completed a practicum or internship approved by the
84	83		State Board of Education;
85	84		(xii) students who are awarded an associate
86	85		[associate's] degree; and
87	86		(xiii) students who successfully complete a
88	87		coherent sequence of career and technology courses or a combination
89	88		of career and technology courses, capstone courses, or practicums
90	89		as part of a four-year plan of study;
91	90		(2) in the school progress domain, indicators for
92	91		effectiveness in promoting student learning, which must include:
93	92		(A) for assessment instruments, including
94	93		assessment instruments under Subdivisions (1)(A)(i) and (ii), the
95	94		percentage of students who met the standard for improvement, as
96	95		determined by the commissioner; and
97	96		(B) for evaluating relative performance, the
98	97		performance of districts and campuses compared to similar districts
99	98		or campuses; and
100	99		(3) in the closing the gaps domain, the use of
101	100		disaggregated data to demonstrate the differentials among students
102	101		from different racial and ethnic groups, socioeconomic
103	102		backgrounds, and other factors, including:
104	103		(A) students formerly receiving special
105	104		education services;
106	105		(B) students continuously enrolled; and
107	106		(C) students who are mobile.
108	107		SECTION 2. To the extent of any conflict, this Act prevails
109	108		over another Act of the 86th Legislature, Regular Session, 2019,
110	109		relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted
111	110		codes.
112	111		SECTION 3. This Act applies beginning with the 2019-2020
113	112		school year.
114	113		SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
115	114		a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
116	115		provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
117	116		Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
118	117		Act takes effect September 1, 2019.