By: Dutton H.B. No. 4547
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
Relating to a Texas school accountability Internet website; posting
of accountability information; release of distinction
designations.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 39.309, Education Code, is amended by
amending Subsections (a), (b) and (c) to read as follows:
Sec. 39.309. TEXAS SCHOOL ACCOUNTABILITY DASHBOARD
INTERNET WEBSITE. (a) The agency shall develop and maintain an
Internet website, separate from the agency's Internet website, to
be known as the Texas School Accountability Dashboard for the
public to access school district and campus accountability
information.
(b) The commissioner shall adopt, for use on the Texas
School Accountability Dashboard, a performance index in each of the
following areas:
(1) student achievement;
(2) student progress;
(3) closing performance gaps; and
(4) postsecondary readiness.
(c) The Texas School Accountability DashboardInternet
website developed under Subsection (a) must include:
(1) performance information for each school district
and campus in areas specified by Subsection (b) and must allow for
comparison of performance between districts and campuses in each of
the areas;
(2) a comparison of the number of students enrolled in
each school district, including:
(A) the percentage of students of limited English
proficiency, as defined by Section 29.052;
(B) the percentage of students who are unschooled
asylees or refugees, as defined by Section 39.027(a-1);
(C) the percentage of students who are
educationally disadvantaged; and
(D) the percentage of students with
disabilities;
(3) a comparison of performance information for each
district and campus disaggregated by race, ethnicity, and
populations served by special programs, including special
education, bilingual education, and special language programs; and
(4) a comparison of performance information by subject
area.
SECTION 2. Section 39.363, Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 39.363. NOTICE ON AGENCY WEBSITE. Not later than
October 1 of each year, the agency shall make the following
information available to the public on the agency's Internet
website:
(1) the letter performance rating assigned to each
school district and campus under Section 39.054 and each
distinction designation awarded to a school district or campus
under Subchapter G; and
(2) the performance rating assigned to a school
district and each campus in the district by the district under
Section 39.0545; and
(3) the financial accountability rating assigned to
each school district and open-enrollment charter school under
Section 39.082.
SECTION 3. Section 39.201, Education Code, is amended by
amending Subsections (a) to read as follows:
Sec. 39.201. DISTINCTION DESIGNATIONS. (a) Not later than
August 815 of each year, the commissioner shall award distinction
designations for outstanding performance as provided by this
subchapter. A distinction designation awarded to a district or
campus under this subchapter shall be referenced directly in
connection with the performance rating assigned to the district or
campus and made publicly available together with the performance
ratings as provided by rules adopted under Section 39.054(a).
SECTION 4. Subchapter Z, Chapter 39A, Education Code is
amended by adding Section 39A.908 to read as follows:
Section 39.201, Education Code, is amended by amending
Subsections (a) to read as follows:
Sec. 39A.908. RULES. (a) The commissioner shall adopt
rules as necessary to administer this chapter.
SECTION 5. The following provisions of the Education Code
are repealed:
(1) Section 39A.115;
(2) Section 39A.117(d);
(3) Section 39A.161; and
(4) Section 39A.252(a).
SECTION 6. 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, 2021.