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1		-	By: Dutton (Senate Sponsor - Miles, West) H.B. No. 808
2		-	(In the Senate - Received from the House April 30, 2019;
3		-	May 3, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on
4		-	Education; May 19, 2019, reported adversely, with favorable
5		-	Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 8, Nays 3;
6		-	May 19, 2019, sent to printer.)
7		-	Click here to see the committee vote
8		-	COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 808 By: Powell
	1	+	86R10982 MP-D
	2	+	By: Dutton H.B. No. 808
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11	5		A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
12	6		AN ACT
13	7		relating to the consideration of certain student differentials
14	8		based on sex under the public school accountability system.
15	9		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
16	10		SECTION 1. Section 39.053(c), Education Code, as amended by
17	11		Chapters 807 (H.B. 22), 842 (H.B. 2223), and 1088 (H.B. 3593), Acts
18	12		of the 85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017, is reenacted and
19	13		amended to read as follows:
20	14		(c) School districts and campuses must be evaluated based on
21	15		three domains of indicators of achievement adopted under this
22	16		section that include:
23	17		(1) in the student achievement domain, indicators of
24	18		student achievement that must include:
25	19		(A) for evaluating the performance of districts
26	20		and campuses generally:
27	21		(i) an indicator that accounts for the
28	22		results of assessment instruments required under Sections
29	23		39.023(a), (c), and (l), as applicable for the district and campus,
30	24		including the results of assessment instruments required for
31	25		graduation retaken by a student, aggregated across grade levels by
32	26		subject area, including:
33	27		(a) for the performance standard
34	28		determined by the commissioner under Section 39.0241(a), the
35	29		percentage of students who performed satisfactorily on the
36	30		assessment instruments, aggregated across grade levels by subject
37	31		area; and
38	32		(b) for the college readiness
39	33		performance standard as determined under Section 39.0241, the
40	34		percentage of students who performed satisfactorily on the
41	35		assessment instruments, aggregated across grade levels by subject
42	36		area; and
43	37		(ii) an indicator that accounts for the
44	38		results of assessment instruments required under Section
45	39		39.023(b), as applicable for the district and campus, including the
46	40		percentage of students who performed satisfactorily on the
47	41		assessment instruments, as determined by the performance standard
48	42		adopted by the agency, aggregated across grade levels by subject
49	43		area; and
50	44		(B) for evaluating the performance of high school
51	45		campuses and districts that include high school campuses,
52	46		indicators that account for:
53	47		(i) students who satisfy the Texas Success
54	48		Initiative (TSI) college readiness benchmarks prescribed by the
55	49		Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board under Section 51.334 on
56	50		an assessment instrument in reading or mathematics designated by
57	51		the coordinating board under that section;
58	52		(ii) students who satisfy relevant
59	53		performance standards on advanced placement tests or similar
60	54		assessments;
61	55		(iii) students who earn dual course credits
62	56		in the dual credit courses;
63	57		(iv) students who enlist in the armed
64	58		forces of the United States;
65	59		(v) students who earn industry
66	60		certifications;
67	61		(vi) students admitted into postsecondary
68	62		industry certification programs that require as a prerequisite for
69	63		entrance successful performance at the secondary level;
70	64		(vii) students whose successful completion
71	65		of a course or courses under Section 28.014 indicates the student's
72	66		preparation to enroll and succeed, without remediation, in an
73	67		entry-level general education course for a baccalaureate degree or
74	68		associate degree;
75	69		(viii) students who successfully met
76	70		standards on a composite of indicators that through research
77	71		indicates the student's preparation to enroll and succeed, without
78	72		remediation, in an entry-level general education course for a
79	73		baccalaureate degree or associate degree;
80	74		(ix) high school graduation rates, computed
81	75		in accordance with standards and definitions adopted in compliance
82	76		with the Every Student Succeeds Act (20 U.S.C. Section 6301 et seq.)
83	77		subject to the exclusions provided by Subsections (g), (g-1),
84	78		(g-2), and (g-3);
85	79		(x) students who successfully completed an
86	80		OnRamps dual enrollment course; [and]
87	81		(xi) [the percentage of] students who
88	82		successfully completed a practicum or internship approved by the
89	83		State Board of Education; and
90	84		(xii) students who are awarded an associate
91	85		[associate's] degree;
92	86		(2) in the school progress domain, indicators for
93	87		effectiveness in promoting student learning, which must include:
94	88		(A) for assessment instruments, including
95	89		assessment instruments under Subdivisions (1)(A)(i) and (ii), the
96	90		percentage of students who met the standard for improvement, as
97	91		determined by the commissioner; and
98	92		(B) for evaluating relative performance, the
99	93		performance of districts and campuses compared to similar districts
100	94		or campuses; and
101	95		(3) in the closing the gaps domain, the use of
102	96		disaggregated data to demonstrate the differentials among
103	97		students:
104	98		(A) from different:
105		-	(i) racial and ethnic groups, including
106		-	African American and Hispanic students:
107		-	(a) considered as a whole; and
108		-	(b) disaggregated by sex; and
	99	+	(i) racial and ethnic groups, disaggregated
	100	+	by sex, including African American and Hispanic students; and
109	101		(ii) socioeconomic backgrounds; [,] and
110	102		(B) based on other relevant factors not described
111	103		by Paragraph (A), including:
112	104		(i) [(A)] students formerly receiving
113	105		special education services;
114	106		(ii) [(B)] students continuously enrolled;
115	107		and
116	108		(iii) [(C)] students who are mobile.
117	109		SECTION 2. Section 39.053, Education Code, is amended by
118	110		adding Subsection (i-1) to read as follows:
119		-	(i-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (c)(3)(A)(i)~~(b)~~,
120		-	~~information~~ reported under that ~~sub-~~subparagraph may not be used by
	111	+	(i-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (c)(3)(A)(i), information
	112	+	reported under that subparagraph regarding sex may not be used by
121	113		the agency for accountability purposes before the accountability
122	114		ratings assigned for the 2022-2023 school year. This subsection
123	115		expires September 1, 2023.
124	116		SECTION 3. This Act applies beginning with the 2019-2020
125	117		school year.
126	118		SECTION 4. To the extent of any conflict, this Act prevails
127	119		over another Act of the 86th Legislature, Regular Session, 2019,
128	120		relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted
129	121		codes.
130	122		SECTION 5. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
131	123		a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
132	124		provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
133	125		Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
134	126		Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
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