Texas 2021 - 87th Regular

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1	1	87R2105 MM-F
2	2	By: Guillen H.B. No. 1303
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to an academic distinction designation for high student
8	8	achievement under the public school accountability system.
9	9	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	10	SECTION 1. Section 39.202, Education Code, is amended to
11	11	read as follows:
12	12	Sec. 39.202. ACADEMIC DISTINCTION DESIGNATIONS
13	13	[DESIGNATION] FOR DISTRICTS AND CAMPUSES. (a) The commissioner by
14	14	rule shall establish an academic distinction designation for
15	15	districts and campuses for outstanding performance in attainment of
16	16	postsecondary readiness. The commissioner shall adopt criteria for
17	17	the designation under this subsection [section], including:
18	18	(1) percentages of students who:
19	19	(A) performed satisfactorily, as determined
20	20	under the college readiness performance standard under Section
21	21	39.0241, on assessment instruments required under Section
22	22	39.023(a), (b), (c), or (l), aggregated across grade levels by
23	23	subject area; or
24	24	(B) met the standard for annual improvement, as
25	25	determined by the agency under Section 39.034, on assessment
26	26	instruments required under Section 39.023(a), (b), (c), or (l),
27	27	aggregated across grade levels by subject area, for students who
28	28	did not perform satisfactorily as described by Paragraph (A);
29	29	(2) percentages of:
30	30	(A) students who earned a nationally or
31	31	internationally recognized business or industry certification or
32	32	license;
33	33	(B) students who completed a coherent sequence of
34	34	career and technical courses;
35	35	(C) students who completed a dual credit course
36	36	or an articulated postsecondary course provided for local credit;
37	37	(D) students who achieved applicable College
38	38	Readiness Benchmarks or the equivalent on the Preliminary
39	39	Scholastic Assessment Test (PSAT), the Scholastic Assessment Test
40	40	(SAT), the American College Test (ACT), or the ACT-Plan assessment
41	41	program; and
42	42	(E) students who received a score on either an
43	43	advanced placement test or an international baccalaureate
44	44	examination to be awarded college credit; and
45	45	(3) other factors for determining sufficient student
46	46	attainment of postsecondary readiness.
47	47	(b) In addition to the distinction designation described by
48	48	Subsection (a), the commissioner by rule shall establish an
49	49	academic distinction designation for districts and campuses for
50	50	outstanding performance in attainment of high student achievement.
51	51	The commissioner shall adopt criteria for the designation under
52	52	this subsection, including percentages of students who:
53	53	(1) have earned a diploma after not more than three and
54	54	one-half years of high school attendance;
55	55	(2) in grade seven or eight, complete a pre-advanced
56	56	placement course or pre-international baccalaureate course;
57	57	(3) have been promoted to higher grade levels than the
58	58	grade levels to which the students would ordinarily be assigned;
59	59	(4) are identified as gifted and talented and have
60	60	been promoted to higher grade levels than the grade levels to which
61	61	the students would ordinarily be assigned;
62	62	(5) have received credit by examination;
63	63	(6) are identified as gifted and talented and have
64	64	received credit by examination; and
65	65	(7) complete not less than 10 project-based learning
66	66	projects during a school year.
67	67	SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2021-2022
68	68	school year.
69	69	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
70	70	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
71	71	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
72	72	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
73	73	Act takes effect September 1, 2021.