Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB2107 Compare Versions

Only one version of the bill is available at this time.

Old	New	Differences
1	1	89R10309 KJE-D
2	2	By: Creighton S.B. No. 2107
3	3
4	4
5	5
6	6
7	7	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	8	AN ACT
9	9	relating to a pilot program for outcomes-based contracts at public
10	10	schools.
11	11	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
12	12	SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 29, Education Code, is
13	13	amended by adding Section 29.913 to read as follows:
14	14	Sec. 29.913. OUTCOMES-BASED CONTRACTS PILOT PROGRAM. (a)
15	15	The agency shall establish a pilot program through which school
16	16	districts and open-enrollment charter schools, in contracting for a
17	17	good or service related to student outcomes, use a funding model
18	18	that ties compensation to measurable student outcomes, including
19	19	academic performance, graduation rates, and skill proficiency.
20	20	(b) The agency shall select at least five school districts
21	21	and open-enrollment charter schools to participate in the pilot
22	22	program.
23	23	(c) To be eligible to participate in the pilot program, a
24	24	school district or open-enrollment charter school must agree to
25	25	enter into a contract for a good or service related to student
26	26	outcomes that:
27	27	(1) requires the contracting entity to:
28	28	(A) meet clearly defined outcome targets related
29	29	to increased student achievement; and
30	30	(B) use best practices;
31	31	(2) includes specific, quantifiable performance
32	32	metrics used to assess the effectiveness of the good or service in
33	33	making progress toward outcome targets described by Subdivision
34	34	(1)(A);
35	35	(3) provides for a funding structure that includes
36	36	incentives for meeting or exceeding outcome targets described by
37	37	Subdivision (1)(A); and
38	38	(4) allows flexibility in the implementation of
39	39	educational strategies tailored to the unique needs of each student
40	40	served.
41	41	(d) From money appropriated or otherwise available for the
42	42	purpose, the agency shall award grants to school districts and
43	43	open-enrollment charter schools participating in the pilot
44	44	program. The amount of each grant must be correlated to the
45	45	achievement of outcome targets described by Subsection (c)(1)(A) in
46	46	each contract entered into under the pilot program.
47	47	(e) Not later than December 1, 2028, the agency shall submit
48	48	to the legislature a report on the results of the pilot program.
49	49	The report must include the agency's recommendation on whether the
50	50	pilot program should be expanded or continued on a statewide basis.
51	51	(f) The commissioner may adopt rules as necessary to
52	52	implement the pilot program.
53	53	(g) This section expires September 1, 2029.
54	54	SECTION 2. As soon as practicable but not later than six
55	55	months after the effective date of this Act, the Texas Education
56	56	Agency shall establish the pilot program required under Section
57	57	29.913, Education Code, as added by this Act.
58	58	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
59	59	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
60	60	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
61	61	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
62	62	Act takes effect September 1, 2025.