| 1 | 1 | | By: Johnson, et al. S.B. No. 789 |
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| 4 | 4 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 5 | 5 | | AN ACT |
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| 6 | 6 | | relating to academic distinction designations under the public |
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| 7 | 7 | | school accountability system and the career and technology |
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| 8 | 8 | | allotment under the Foundation School Program. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 39.202, Education Code, is amended to |
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| 11 | 11 | | read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Sec. 39.202. ACADEMIC DISTINCTION DESIGNATION FOR |
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| 13 | 13 | | DISTRICTS AND CAMPUSES. The commissioner by rule shall establish |
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| 14 | 14 | | an academic distinction designation for districts and campuses for |
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| 15 | 15 | | outstanding performance in attainment of postsecondary readiness. |
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| 16 | 16 | | The commissioner shall adopt criteria for the designation under |
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| 17 | 17 | | this section, including: |
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| 18 | 18 | | (1) percentages of students who: |
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| 19 | 19 | | (A) performed satisfactorily, as determined |
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| 20 | 20 | | under the college readiness performance standard under Section |
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| 21 | 21 | | 39.0241, on assessment instruments required under Section |
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| 22 | 22 | | 39.023(a), (b), (c), or (l), aggregated across grade levels by |
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| 23 | 23 | | subject area; or |
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| 24 | 24 | | (B) met the standard for annual improvement, as |
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| 25 | 25 | | determined by the agency under Section 39.034, on assessment |
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| 26 | 26 | | instruments required under Section 39.023(a), (b), (c), or (l), |
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| 27 | 27 | | aggregated across grade levels by subject area, for students who |
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| 28 | 28 | | did not perform satisfactorily as described by Paragraph (A); |
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| 29 | 29 | | (2) percentages of: |
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| 30 | 30 | | (A) students who earned a nationally or |
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| 31 | 31 | | internationally recognized business or industry certification or |
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| 32 | 32 | | license; |
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| 33 | 33 | | (B) students who completed a coherent sequence of |
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| 34 | 34 | | career and technical courses; |
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| 35 | 35 | | (C) students who completed a dual credit course |
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| 36 | 36 | | or an articulated postsecondary course provided for local credit; |
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| 37 | 37 | | (D) students who achieved applicable College |
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| 38 | 38 | | Readiness Benchmarks or the equivalent on the Preliminary |
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| 39 | 39 | | Scholastic Assessment Test (PSAT), the Scholastic Assessment Test |
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| 40 | 40 | | (SAT), the American College Test (ACT), or the ACT-Plan assessment |
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| 41 | 41 | | program; [and] |
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| 42 | 42 | | (E) students who received a score on either an |
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| 43 | 43 | | advanced placement test or an international baccalaureate |
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| 44 | 44 | | examination to be awarded college credit; and |
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| 45 | 45 | | (F) students who completed a Pathways in |
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| 46 | 46 | | Technology Early College High School (P-TECH) program established |
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| 47 | 47 | | under Subchapter N, Chapter 29, or another early college high |
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| 48 | 48 | | school program; and |
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| 49 | 49 | | (3) other factors for determining sufficient student |
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| 50 | 50 | | attainment of postsecondary readiness. |
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| 51 | 51 | | SECTION 2. Section 48.106(a-1), Education Code, is amended |
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| 52 | 52 | | to read as follows: |
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| 53 | 53 | | (a-1) In addition to the amounts under Subsection (a), for |
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| 54 | 54 | | each student in average daily attendance, a district is entitled to |
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| 55 | 55 | | $150 [$50] for each of the following in which the student is |
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| 56 | 56 | | enrolled: |
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| 57 | 57 | | (1) a campus designated as a P-TECH school under |
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| 58 | 58 | | Section 29.556; or |
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| 59 | 59 | | (2) a campus that is a member of the New Tech Network |
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| 60 | 60 | | and that focuses on project-based learning and work-based |
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| 61 | 61 | | education. |
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| 62 | 62 | | SECTION 3. This Act applies beginning with the 2023-2024 |
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| 63 | 63 | | school year. |
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| 64 | 64 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 65 | 65 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 66 | 66 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 67 | 67 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 68 | 68 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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