88S30239 ANG-D By: Guillen H.B. No. 173 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the consideration of distinction designations in the assignment of district and campus performance ratings under the public school accountability system. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 39.054, Education Code, is amended by adding Subsection (a-6) to read as follows: (a-6) For purposes of assigning an overall performance rating for a district or campus under Subsection (a), the commissioner by rule shall adopt a method for evaluating district or campus performance that provides for: (1) the assignment of a point value to each distinction designation awarded to a district or campus under Subchapter G; and (2) consideration of the number of points earned by a district or campus under Subdivision (1). SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2024-2025 school year. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect on the 91st day after the last day of the legislative session.