Texas 2021 - 87th Regular

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1	1	87R9010 CAE/JCG-D
2	2	By: Powell S.B. No. 1686
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to indicators of achievement under the public school
8	8	accountability system, the career and technology allotment under
9	9	the public school finance system, and enrollment in the Teacher
10	10	Retirement System.
11	11	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
12	12	SECTION 1. Section 39.053(c), Education Code, is amended to
13	13	read as follows:
14	14	(c) School districts and campuses must be evaluated based on
15	15	three domains of indicators of achievement adopted under this
16	16	section that include:
17	17	(1) in the student achievement domain, indicators of
18	18	student achievement that must include:
19	19	(A) for evaluating the performance of districts
20	20	and campuses generally:
21	21	(i) an indicator that accounts for the
22	22	results of assessment instruments required under Sections
23	23	39.023(a), (c), and (l), as applicable for the district and campus,
24	24	including the results of assessment instruments required for
25	25	graduation retaken by a student, aggregated across grade levels by
26	26	subject area, including:
27	27	(a) for the performance standard
28	28	determined by the commissioner under Section 39.0241(a), the
29	29	percentage of students who performed satisfactorily on the
30	30	assessment instruments, aggregated across grade levels by subject
31	31	area; and
32	32	(b) for the college readiness
33	33	performance standard as determined under Section 39.0241, the
34	34	percentage of students who performed satisfactorily on the
35	35	assessment instruments, aggregated across grade levels by subject
36	36	area; and
37	37	(ii) an indicator that accounts for the
38	38	results of assessment instruments required under Section
39	39	39.023(b), as applicable for the district and campus, including the
40	40	percentage of students who performed satisfactorily on the
41	41	assessment instruments, as determined by the performance standard
42	42	adopted by the agency, aggregated across grade levels by subject
43	43	area; and
44	44	(B) for evaluating the performance of high school
45	45	campuses and districts that include high school campuses,
46	46	indicators that account for:
47	47	(i) students who satisfy the Texas Success
48	48	Initiative (TSI) college readiness benchmarks prescribed by the
49	49	Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board under Section 51.334 on
50	50	an assessment instrument in reading or mathematics designated by
51	51	the coordinating board under that section;
52	52	(ii) students who satisfy relevant
53	53	performance standards on advanced placement tests or similar
54	54	assessments;
55	55	(iii) students who earn dual course credits
56	56	in the dual credit courses;
57	57	(iv) students who enlist in the armed
58	58	forces of the United States;
59	59	(v) students who earn industry
60	60	certifications;
61	61	(vi) students admitted into postsecondary
62	62	industry certification programs that require as a prerequisite for
63	63	entrance successful performance at the secondary level;
64	64	(vii) students whose successful completion
65	65	of a course or courses under Section 28.014 indicates the student's
66	66	preparation to enroll and succeed, without remediation, in an
67	67	entry-level general education course for a baccalaureate degree or
68	68	associate degree;
69	69	(viii) students who successfully met
70	70	standards on a composite of indicators that through research
71	71	indicates the student's preparation to enroll and succeed, without
72	72	remediation, in an entry-level general education course for a
73	73	baccalaureate degree or associate degree;
74	74	(ix) high school graduation rates, computed
75	75	in accordance with standards and definitions adopted in compliance
76	76	with the Every Student Succeeds Act (20 U.S.C. Section 6301 et seq.)
77	77	subject to the exclusions provided by Subsections (g), (g-1),
78	78	(g-2), [and] (g-3), and (g-4);
79	79	(x) students who successfully completed an
80	80	OnRamps dual enrollment course;
81	81	(xi) students who successfully completed a
82	82	practicum or internship approved by the State Board of Education;
83	83	[and]
84	84	(xii) students who are awarded an associate
85	85	degree; and
86	86	(xiii) students who successfully completed
87	87	a program of study in career and technical education;
88	88	(2) in the school progress domain, indicators for
89	89	effectiveness in promoting student learning, which must include:
90	90	(A) for assessment instruments, including
91	91	assessment instruments under Subdivisions (1)(A)(i) and (ii), the
92	92	percentage of students who met the standard for improvement, as
93	93	determined by the commissioner; and
94	94	(B) for evaluating relative performance, the
95	95	performance of districts and campuses compared to similar districts
96	96	or campuses; and
97	97	(3) in the closing the gaps domain, the use of
98	98	disaggregated data to demonstrate the differentials among students
99	99	from different racial and ethnic groups, socioeconomic
100	100	backgrounds, and other factors, including:
101	101	(A) students formerly receiving special
102	102	education services;
103	103	(B) students continuously enrolled; and
104	104	(C) students who are mobile.
105	105	SECTION 2. Section 48.106(b)(2), Education Code, is amended
106	106	to read as follows:
107	107	(2) "Full-time equivalent student" means a student:
108	108	(A) with 30 hours of contact a week between the
109	109	[a] student and career and technology education program personnel;
110	110	or
111	111	(B) who is enrolled in a P-TECH school as
112	112	provided by Section 29.556 and who each week receives instructional
113	113	minutes with career and technology education program personnel.
114	114	SECTION 3. Section 821.001(6), Government Code, is amended
115	115	to read as follows:
116	116	(6) "Employee" means a person who is employed, as
117	117	determined by the retirement system, on other than a temporary
118	118	basis by an [a single] employer for at least one-half time at a
119	119	regular rate of pay comparable to that of other persons employed in
120	120	similar positions.
121	121	SECTION 4. Subchapter A, Chapter 822, Government Code, is
122	122	amended by adding Section 822.0012 to read as follows:
123	123	Sec. 822.0012. MEMBERSHIP ESTABLISHED THROUGH MORE THAN ONE
124	124	EMPLOYER. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this
125	125	subtitle, including Section 822.001(c), membership in the
126	126	retirement system may be established through employment with two
127	127	employers on at least a half-time basis only if the employee is
128	128	employed by each employer as an instructor for a career and
129	129	technology education course.
130	130	(b) The board of trustees shall adopt rules necessary to
131	131	implement this section, including rules governing the
132	132	apportionment of employer contributions under Subchapter E,
133	133	Chapter 825.
134	134	SECTION 5. This Act applies beginning with the 2021-2022
135	135	school year.
136	136	SECTION 6. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
137	137	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
138	138	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
139	139	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
140	140	Act takes effect September 1, 2021.