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2	2	By: Guillen H.B. No. 75
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to the public school accountability system and the career
8	8	and technology allotment under the Foundation School Program.
9	9	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	10	SECTION 1. Section 39.053(c), Education Code, is amended to
11	11	read as follows:
12	12	(c) School districts and campuses must be evaluated based on
13	13	three domains of indicators of achievement adopted under this
14	14	section that include:
15	15	(1) in the student achievement domain, indicators of
16	16	student achievement that must include:
17	17	(A) for evaluating the performance of districts
18	18	and campuses generally:
19	19	(i) an indicator that accounts for the
20	20	results of assessment instruments required under Sections
21	21	39.023(a), (c), and (l), as applicable for the district and campus,
22	22	including the results of assessment instruments required for
23	23	graduation retaken by a student, aggregated across grade levels by
24	24	subject area, including:
25	25	(a) for the performance standard
26	26	determined by the commissioner under Section 39.0241(a), the
27	27	percentage of students who performed satisfactorily on the
28	28	assessment instruments, aggregated across grade levels by subject
29	29	area; and
30	30	(b) for the college readiness
31	31	performance standard as determined under Section 39.0241, the
32	32	percentage of students who performed satisfactorily on the
33	33	assessment instruments, aggregated across grade levels by subject
34	34	area; and
35	35	(ii) an indicator that accounts for the
36	36	results of assessment instruments required under Section
37	37	39.023(b), as applicable for the district and campus, including the
38	38	percentage of students who performed satisfactorily on the
39	39	assessment instruments, as determined by the performance standard
40	40	adopted by the agency, aggregated across grade levels by subject
41	41	area; and
42	42	(B) for evaluating the performance of high school
43	43	campuses and districts that include high school campuses,
44	44	indicators that account for:
45	45	(i) students who satisfy the Texas Success
46	46	Initiative (TSI) college readiness benchmarks prescribed by the
47	47	Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board under Section 51.334 on
48	48	an assessment instrument in reading or mathematics designated by
49	49	the coordinating board under that section;
50	50	(ii) students who satisfy relevant
51	51	performance standards on advanced placement tests or similar
52	52	assessments;
53	53	(iii) students who earn dual course credits
54	54	in the dual credit courses;
55	55	(iv) students who enlist in the armed
56	56	forces of the United States or the Texas National Guard;
57	57	(v) students who earn industry
58	58	certifications;
59	59	(vi) students admitted into postsecondary
60	60	industry certification programs that require as a prerequisite for
61	61	entrance successful performance at the secondary level;
62	62	(vii) students whose successful completion
63	63	of a course or courses under Section 28.014 indicates the student's
64	64	preparation to enroll and succeed, without remediation, in an
65	65	entry-level general education course for a baccalaureate degree or
66	66	associate degree;
67	67	(viii) students who successfully met
68	68	standards on a composite of indicators that through research
69	69	indicates the student's preparation to enroll and succeed, without
70	70	remediation, in an entry-level general education course for a
71	71	baccalaureate degree or associate degree;
72	72	(ix) high school graduation rates, computed
73	73	in accordance with standards and definitions adopted in compliance
74	74	with the Every Student Succeeds Act (20 U.S.C. Section 6301 et seq.)
75	75	subject to the exclusions provided by Subsections (g), (g-1),
76	76	(g-2), (g-3), and (g-4);
77	77	(x) students who successfully completed an
78	78	OnRamps dual enrollment course;
79	79	(xi) students who successfully completed a
80	80	practicum or internship approved by the State Board of Education;
81	81	(xii) students who are awarded an associate
82	82	degree; [and]
83	83	(xiii) students who successfully completed
84	84	a program of study in career and technical education; and
85	85	(xiv) students who successfully completed a
86	86	Pathways in Technology Early College High School (P-TECH) program
87	87	established under Subchapter N, Chapter 29, or another early
88	88	college high school program;
89	89	(2) in the school progress domain, indicators for
90	90	effectiveness in promoting student learning, which must include:
91	91	(A) for assessment instruments, including
92	92	assessment instruments under Subdivisions (1)(A)(i) and (ii), the
93	93	percentage of students who met the standard for improvement, as
94	94	determined by the commissioner; and
95	95	(B) for evaluating relative performance, the
96	96	performance of districts and campuses compared to similar districts
97	97	or campuses; and
98	98	(3) in the closing the gaps domain, the use of
99	99	disaggregated data to demonstrate the differentials among students
100	100	from different racial and ethnic groups, socioeconomic
101	101	backgrounds, and other factors, including:
102	102	(A) students formerly receiving special
103	103	education services;
104	104	(B) students continuously enrolled; and
105	105	(C) students who are mobile.
106	106	SECTION 2. Section 39.0544(a), Education Code, is amended
107	107	to read as follows:
108	108	(a) The commissioner shall adopt rules regarding the
109	109	assignment of campus performance ratings by school districts and
110	110	open-enrollment charter schools. The rules:
111	111	(1) must require a district or school, in assigning an
112	112	overall performance rating for a campus, to incorporate:
113	113	(A) domain performance ratings assigned by the
114	114	commissioner under Section 39.054; [and]
115	115	(B) performance ratings based on locally
116	116	developed domains or sets of accountability measures; and
117	117	(C) any distinction designations awarded to the
118	118	campus under Subchapter G;
119	119	(2) may permit a district or school to assign weights
120	120	to each domain, [or] set of accountability measures, or distinction
121	121	designations described in Subdivision (1), as determined by the
122	122	district or school, provided that the domains specified in
123	123	Subdivision (1)(A) must in the aggregate account for at least 50
124	124	percent of the overall performance rating;
125	125	(3) must require that each locally developed domain or
126	126	set of accountability measures:
127	127	(A) contains levels of performance that allow for
128	128	differentiation, with assigned standards for achieving the
129	129	differentiated levels;
130	130	(B) provides for the assignment of a letter grade
131	131	of A, B, C, D, or F; and
132	132	(C) meets standards for reliability and
133	133	validity;
134	134	(4) must require that calculations for overall
135	135	performance ratings and each locally developed domain or set of
136	136	accountability measures be capable of being audited by a third
137	137	party;
138	138	(5) must require that a district or school produce a
139	139	campus score card that may be displayed on the agency's website; and
140	140	(6) must require that a district or school develop and
141	141	make available to the public an explanation of the methodology used
142	142	to assign performance ratings under this section.
143	143	SECTION 3. Section 39.202, Education Code, is amended to
144	144	read as follows:
145	145	Sec. 39.202. ACADEMIC DISTINCTION DESIGNATION FOR
146	146	DISTRICTS AND CAMPUSES. The commissioner by rule shall establish
147	147	an academic distinction designation for districts and campuses for
148	148	outstanding performance in attainment of postsecondary readiness.
149	149	The commissioner shall adopt criteria for the designation under
150	150	this section, including:
151	151	(1) percentages of students who:
152	152	(A) performed satisfactorily, as determined
153	153	under the college readiness performance standard under Section
154	154	39.0241, on assessment instruments required under Section
155	155	39.023(a), (b), (c), or (l), aggregated across grade levels by
156	156	subject area; or
157	157	(B) met the standard for annual improvement, as
158	158	determined by the agency under Section 39.034, on assessment
159	159	instruments required under Section 39.023(a), (b), (c), or (l),
160	160	aggregated across grade levels by subject area, for students who
161	161	did not perform satisfactorily as described by Paragraph (A);
162	162	(2) percentages of:
163	163	(A) students who earned a nationally or
164	164	internationally recognized business or industry certification or
165	165	license;
166	166	(B) students who completed a coherent sequence of
167	167	career and technical courses;
168	168	(C) students who completed a dual credit course
169	169	or an articulated postsecondary course provided for local credit;
170	170	(D) students who achieved applicable College
171	171	Readiness Benchmarks or the equivalent on the Preliminary
172	172	Scholastic Assessment Test (PSAT), the Scholastic Assessment Test
173	173	(SAT), the American College Test (ACT), or the ACT-Plan assessment
174	174	program; [and]
175	175	(E) students who received a score on either an
176	176	advanced placement test or an international baccalaureate
177	177	examination to be awarded college credit; and
178	178	(F) students who completed a Pathways in
179	179	Technology Early College High School (P-TECH) program established
180	180	under Subchapter N, Chapter 29, or another early college high
181	181	school program; and
182	182	(3) other factors for determining sufficient student
183	183	attainment of postsecondary readiness.
184	184	SECTION 4. Section 48.106(a-1), Education Code, is amended
185	185	to read as follows:
186	186	(a-1) In addition to the amounts under Subsection (a), for
187	187	each student in average daily attendance, a district is entitled to
188	188	$150 [$50] for each of the following in which the student is
189	189	enrolled:
190	190	(1) a campus designated as a P-TECH school under
191	191	Section 29.556; or
192	192	(2) a campus that is a member of the New Tech Network
193	193	and that focuses on project-based learning and work-based
194	194	education.
195	195	SECTION 5. This Act applies beginning with the 2024-2025
196	196	school year.
197	197	SECTION 6. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
198	198	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
199	199	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
200	200	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
201	201	Act takes effect on the 91st day after the last day of the
202	202	legislative session.