86R9376 MP-D
By: Hughes S.B. No. 1045
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to academic accountability ratings for certain school
districts and open-enrollment charter schools that offer full-time
online programs through the state virtual school network.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 30A.110, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
(d) This subsection applies only to a school district or
open-enrollment charter school that provides instruction to
students while students are located on the physical premises of a
district or school campus and provides separate instruction to
students enrolled full-time in courses provided through a district
or school full-time online campus program. In determining the
performance ratings under Section 39.054 of a school district or
open-enrollment charter school subject to this subsection, the
commissioner shall evaluate the performance of students enrolled in
a district or school full-time online campus program separately
from the performance of other district or school students and
assign:
(1) separate district or school overall and domain
performance ratings for the district's or school's full-time online
program; and
(2) separate campus overall and domain performance
ratings for each full-time online campus program.
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.