Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

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1	1	89R1081 TSS-F
2	2	By: Turner H.B. No. 4746
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7	7	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	8	AN ACT
9	9	relating to academic distinction designations under the public
10	10	school accountability system and the career and technology
11	11	allotment under the Foundation School Program.
12	12	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
13	13	SECTION 1. Section 39.202, Education Code, is amended to
14	14	read as follows:
15	15	Sec. 39.202. ACADEMIC DISTINCTION DESIGNATION FOR
16	16	DISTRICTS AND CAMPUSES. The commissioner by rule shall establish
17	17	an academic distinction designation for districts and campuses for
18	18	outstanding performance in attainment of postsecondary readiness.
19	19	The commissioner shall adopt criteria for the designation under
20	20	this section, including:
21	21	(1) percentages of students who:
22	22	(A) performed satisfactorily, as determined
23	23	under the college readiness performance standard under Section
24	24	39.0241, on assessment instruments required under Section
25	25	39.023(a), (b), (c), or (l), aggregated across grade levels by
26	26	subject area; or
27	27	(B) met the standard for annual improvement, as
28	28	determined by the agency under Section 39.034, on assessment
29	29	instruments required under Section 39.023(a), (b), (c), or (l),
30	30	aggregated across grade levels by subject area, for students who
31	31	did not perform satisfactorily as described by Paragraph (A);
32	32	(2) percentages of:
33	33	(A) students who earned a nationally or
34	34	internationally recognized business or industry certification or
35	35	license;
36	36	(B) students who completed a coherent sequence of
37	37	career and technical courses;
38	38	(C) students who completed a dual credit course
39	39	or an articulated postsecondary course provided for local credit;
40	40	(D) students who achieved applicable College
41	41	Readiness Benchmarks or the equivalent on the Preliminary
42	42	Scholastic Assessment Test (PSAT), the Scholastic Assessment Test
43	43	(SAT), the American College Test (ACT), or the ACT-Plan assessment
44	44	program; [and]
45	45	(E) students who received a score on either an
46	46	advanced placement test or an international baccalaureate
47	47	examination to be awarded college credit; and
48	48	(F) students who completed a Pathways in
49	49	Technology Early College High School (P-TECH) program established
50	50	under Subchapter N, Chapter 29, or another early college high
51	51	school program; and
52	52	(3) other factors for determining sufficient student
53	53	attainment of postsecondary readiness.
54	54	SECTION 2. Section 48.106(a-1), Education Code, is amended
55	55	to read as follows:
56	56	(a-1) In addition to the amounts under Subsection (a), for
57	57	each student in average daily attendance enrolled at a campus
58	58	designated as a P-TECH school under Section 29.556, a district is
59	59	entitled to $150 [$50 for each of the following in which the student
60	60	is enrolled:
61	61	[(1) a campus designated as a P-TECH school under
62	62	Section 29.556; or
63	63	[(2) a campus that is a member of the New Tech Network
64	64	and that focuses on project-based learning and work-based
65	65	education].
66	66	SECTION 3. This Act applies beginning with the 2025-2026
67	67	school year.
68	68	SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
69	69	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
70	70	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
71	71	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
72	72	Act takes effect September 1, 2025.