Texas 2019 - 86th Regular

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1	1	86R11639 SOS-F
2	2	By: Lucio S.B. No. 2107
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to evaluating the performance of dropout recovery schools
8	8	for purposes of the public school accountability system.
9	9	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	10	SECTION 1. Section 39.0548, Education Code, is amended by
11	11	amending Subsections (a) and (d) and adding Subsections (a-1), (e),
12	12	(f), (g), and (h) to read as follows:
13	13	(a) For purposes of evaluating performance under Section
14	14	39.053(c), the commissioner shall designate as a dropout recovery
15	15	school a school district or an open-enrollment charter school or a
16	16	campus of a district or of an open-enrollment charter school:
17	17	(1) that serves students in grades 9 through 12 and has
18	18	an enrollment of which at least 50 percent of the students are 17
19	19	years of age or older as of September 1 of the school year as
20	20	reported for the fall semester Public Education Information
21	21	Management System (PEIMS) submission; and
22	22	(2) that [meets the eligibility requirements for and]
23	23	is registered under alternative education accountability
24	24	procedures adopted by the commissioner.
25	25	(a-1) For purposes of assigning performance ratings under
26	26	Section 39.054, the commissioner shall evaluate a dropout recovery
27	27	school under alternative education accountability procedures
28	28	adopted by the commissioner.
29	29	(d) For [Notwithstanding Section 39.053(c), for] purposes
30	30	of evaluating a dropout recovery school under the alternative
31	31	education accountability procedures adopted by the commissioner
32	32	[to determine the performance rating of the school under Section
33	33	39.054], only the best result from the primary administration or
34	34	any retake of an assessment instrument administered to a student in
35	35	the school year evaluated may be considered in assigning
36	36	performance ratings for the school under Section 39.054.
37	37	(e) For purposes of evaluating performance of a dropout
38	38	recovery school under the student achievement domain under Section
39	39	39.053(c)(1), the commissioner may consider for purposes of
40	40	assigning a domain performance rating under Section 39.054 student
41	41	performance based only on the "approaches grade level" performance
42	42	standard. Any evaluation of student performance based on a higher
43	43	performance standard may not be considered to negatively affect the
44	44	domain performance rating or a performance target score of the
45	45	school.
46	46	(f) For purposes of evaluating performance of a dropout
47	47	recovery school under the school progress domain under Section
48	48	39.053(c)(2), the commissioner may award credit for academic growth
49	49	for purposes of assigning a domain performance rating under Section
50	50	39.054 based only on a student reaching the "approaches grade
51	51	level" performance standard. Any evaluation of student performance
52	52	based on reaching a higher academic growth performance standard may
53	53	not be considered to negatively affect the amount of credit awarded
54	54	to the school or the domain performance rating or a performance
55	55	target score of the school.
56	56	(g) For purposes of assigning an overall performance rating
57	57	for a dropout recovery school under Section 39.054, the
58	58	commissioner shall consider only the school's domain performance
59	59	ratings under the student achievement domain under Section
60	60	39.053(c)(1) and the school progress domain under Section
61	61	39.053(c)(2).
62	62	(h) The performance of a dropout recovery school under the
63	63	closing the gaps domain under Section 39.053(c)(3) may be used for
64	64	reporting purposes only.
65	65	SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2019-2020
66	66	school year.
67	67	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
68	68	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
69	69	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
70	70	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
71	71	Act takes effect September 1, 2019.