Bill Text: TX HB1500 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the public school accountability system.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)
Status: (Vetoed) 2017-06-15 - Vetoed by the Governor [HB1500 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB1500-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 1500 |
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relating to the public school accountability system. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 39.053(b), Education Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(b) Performance on the achievement indicators adopted under | ||
Subsections (c)(1)-(4) shall be compared to state-established | ||
standards. To the extent feasible, the [ |
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allow for disaggregation [ |
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SECTION 2. Section 39.053, Education Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsections (c-4) and (g-3) to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(c) School districts and campuses must be evaluated based on | ||
five domains of indicators of achievement adopted under this | ||
section that include: | ||
(1) in the first domain, the results of: | ||
(A) assessment instruments required under | ||
Sections 39.023(a), (c), and (l), including the results of | ||
assessment instruments required for graduation retaken by a | ||
student, aggregated across grade levels by subject area, including: | ||
(i) for the performance standard determined | ||
by the commissioner under Section 39.0241(a), the percentage of | ||
students who performed satisfactorily on the assessment | ||
instruments, aggregated across grade levels by subject area; and | ||
(ii) for the college readiness performance | ||
standard as determined under Section 39.0241, the percentage of | ||
students who performed satisfactorily on the assessment | ||
instruments, aggregated across grade levels by subject area; and | ||
(B) assessment instruments required under | ||
Section 39.023(b), aggregated across grade levels by subject area, | ||
including the percentage of students who performed satisfactorily | ||
on the assessment instruments, as determined by the performance | ||
standard adopted by the agency, aggregated across grade levels by | ||
subject area; | ||
(2) in the second domain: | ||
(A) for assessment instruments under Subdivision | ||
(1)(A): | ||
(i) for the performance standard determined | ||
by the commissioner under Section 39.0241(a), the percentage of | ||
students who met the standard for annual improvement on the | ||
assessment instruments, as determined by the commissioner by rule | ||
or by the method for measuring annual improvement under Section | ||
39.034, aggregated across grade levels by subject area; and | ||
(ii) for the college readiness performance | ||
standard as determined under Section 39.0241, the percentage of | ||
students who met the standard for annual improvement on the | ||
assessment instruments, as determined by the commissioner by rule | ||
or by the method for measuring annual improvement under Section | ||
39.034, aggregated across grade levels by subject area; and | ||
(B) for assessment instruments under Subdivision | ||
(1)(B), the percentage of students who met the standard for annual | ||
improvement on the assessment instruments, as determined by the | ||
commissioner by rule or by the method for measuring annual | ||
improvement under Section 39.034, aggregated across grade levels by | ||
subject area; | ||
(3) in the third domain, the student academic | ||
achievement differentials among students from different racial and | ||
ethnic groups and socioeconomic backgrounds; | ||
(4) in the fourth domain: | ||
(A) for evaluating the performance of high school | ||
campuses and districts that include high school campuses: | ||
(i) dropout rates, including dropout rates | ||
and district completion rates for grade levels 9 through 12, | ||
computed in accordance with standards and definitions adopted by | ||
the National Center for Education Statistics of the United States | ||
Department of Education; | ||
(ii) high school graduation rates, computed | ||
in accordance with standards and definitions adopted in compliance | ||
with the Every Student Succeeds Act [ |
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(iii) the percentage of students who | ||
successfully completed the curriculum requirements for the | ||
distinguished level of achievement under the foundation high school | ||
program; | ||
(iv) the percentage of students who | ||
successfully completed the curriculum requirements for an | ||
endorsement under Section 28.025(c-1); | ||
(v) the percentage of students who | ||
completed a coherent sequence of career and technical or fine arts | ||
courses; | ||
(vi) the percentage of students who satisfy | ||
the Texas Success Initiative (TSI) college readiness benchmarks | ||
prescribed by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board under | ||
Section 51.3062(f) on an assessment instrument in reading, writing, | ||
or mathematics designated by the Texas Higher Education | ||
Coordinating Board under Section 51.3062(c); | ||
(vii) the percentage of students who earn | ||
at least 12 hours of postsecondary credit required for the | ||
foundation high school program under Section 28.025 or to earn an | ||
endorsement under Section 28.025(c-1); | ||
(viii) the percentage of students who have | ||
completed an advanced placement or international baccalaureate | ||
course; | ||
(ix) the percentage of students who enlist | ||
in the armed forces of the United States; [ |
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(x) the percentage of students who earn an | ||
industry certification; | ||
(xi) the percentage of students who | ||
successfully completed an OnRamps dual enrollment course; | ||
(xii) the percentage of students who have | ||
received credit by examination; | ||
(xiii) the percentage of students who have | ||
been promoted to higher grade levels than the grade levels to which | ||
the students would ordinarily be assigned; | ||
(xiv) the percentage of students who have | ||
earned a diploma after not more than three years of high school | ||
attendance; and | ||
(xv) the percentage of students who earn an | ||
associate degree; | ||
(B) for evaluating the performance of middle and | ||
junior high school and elementary school campuses and districts | ||
that include those campuses: | ||
(i) student attendance; [ |
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(ii) for middle and junior high school | ||
campuses: | ||
(a) dropout rates, computed in the | ||
manner described by Paragraph (A)(i); [ |
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(b) the percentage of students in | ||
grades seven and eight who receive instruction in preparing for | ||
high school, college, and a career that includes information | ||
regarding the creation of a high school personal graduation plan | ||
under Section 28.02121, the distinguished level of achievement | ||
described by Section 28.025(b-15), each endorsement described by | ||
Section 28.025(c-1), college readiness standards, and potential | ||
career choices and the education needed to enter those careers; and | ||
(c) the percentage of students in | ||
grades seven and eight who complete a pre-advanced placement course | ||
or pre-international baccalaureate course; and | ||
(iii) the percentage of students who | ||
participate in a University Interscholastic League A+ academic | ||
event; and | ||
(C) any additional indicators of student | ||
achievement not associated with performance on standardized | ||
assessment instruments determined appropriate for consideration by | ||
the commissioner in consultation with educators, parents, business | ||
and industry representatives, and employers; and | ||
(5) in the fifth domain, three programs or specific | ||
categories of performance related to community and student | ||
engagement locally selected and evaluated as provided by Section | ||
39.0546. | ||
(c-4) For purposes of evaluating the performance of a | ||
district or campus under Subsection (c), the commissioner shall | ||
determine a method by which the performance of a student is | ||
attributed greater weight for each school year a student has been | ||
continuously enrolled in the school district or at the campus, as | ||
applicable. | ||
(g-3) The commissioner shall adopt rules for computing the | ||
percentage of students participating in a University | ||
Interscholastic League A+ academic event under Subsection | ||
(c)(4)(B)(iii). | ||
SECTION 3. Sections 39.054(a) and (a-1), Education Code, as | ||
effective September 1, 2017, are amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) The commissioner shall adopt rules to evaluate school | ||
district and campus performance and assign each district and campus | ||
an overall performance rating of A, B, C, D, or F. In addition to the | ||
overall performance rating, the commissioner shall assign each | ||
district and campus a separate domain performance rating of A, B, C, | ||
D, or F for each applicable domain under Sections 39.053(c)(1)-(4). | ||
An overall or domain performance rating of A reflects exemplary | ||
performance. An overall or domain performance rating of B reflects | ||
recognized performance. An overall or domain performance rating of | ||
C reflects acceptable performance. An overall or domain | ||
performance rating of D reflects performance that needs | ||
improvement. An overall or domain performance rating of [ |
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reflects unacceptable performance. A district may not receive an | ||
overall or domain performance rating of A if the district includes | ||
any campus with a corresponding overall or domain performance | ||
rating of [ |
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acceptable performance includes an overall or domain performance | ||
rating of A, B, [ |
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recognized, or acceptable or needs improvement [ |
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(a-1) In [ |
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performance ratings [ |
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commissioner may adjust the overall performance rating of a | ||
district or campus if the performance of the district or campus | ||
under the indicators described by Section 39.053(c), based on | ||
information disaggregated by race, ethnicity, socioeconomic | ||
status, or other factors, does not meet standards established by | ||
the commissioner. The commissioner shall [ |
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(1) attribute 55 percent of the performance evaluation | ||
to the achievement indicators for the first, second, and third | ||
domains under Sections 39.053(c)(1)-(3), provided that the | ||
commissioner shall consider either the district's or campus's | ||
performance rating under the first domain or the second domain, | ||
whichever performance rating is higher, unless the district or | ||
campus received a performance rating of F in either domain, in which | ||
case the district or campus may not be assigned an overall | ||
performance rating higher than B; | ||
(2) for middle and junior high school and elementary | ||
campuses and districts that include only those campuses, attribute | ||
35 percent of the performance evaluation to the applicable | ||
achievement indicators for the fourth domain under Section | ||
39.053(c)(4); | ||
(3) for high school campuses and districts that | ||
include those campuses, attribute: | ||
(A) 10 percent of the performance evaluation to | ||
the high school graduation rate achievement indicator described by | ||
Section 39.053(c)(4)(A)(ii); and | ||
(B) 25 percent to the remaining applicable | ||
achievement indicators for the fourth domain under Section | ||
39.053(c)(4); and | ||
(4) attribute 10 percent of the performance evaluation | ||
to the locally selected and evaluated achievement indicators | ||
provided for under the fifth domain under Section 39.053(c)(5). | ||
SECTION 4. Subchapter E, Chapter 39, Education Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 39.101 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 39.101. NEEDS IMPROVEMENT RATING. (a) Notwithstanding | ||
any other law, if a school district or campus is assigned an overall | ||
or domain performance rating of D: | ||
(1) the commissioner shall order the district or | ||
campus to develop and implement a targeted improvement plan | ||
approved by the board of trustees of the district; and | ||
(2) the interventions and sanctions provided by this | ||
subchapter based on failure to satisfy performance standards under | ||
Section 39.054(e) apply to the district or campus only as provided | ||
by this section. | ||
(b) The interventions and sanctions provided by this | ||
subchapter based on failure to satisfy performance standards under | ||
Section 39.054(e) apply to a district or campus ordered to develop | ||
and implement a targeted improvement plan under Subsection (a) only | ||
if the district or campus is assigned an overall or domain | ||
performance rating of F, including the assignment of a performance | ||
rating of F in the manner provided by Subsection (c) or (d). | ||
(c) If a school district or campus is assigned an overall | ||
performance rating of D for two consecutive school years after the | ||
district or campus is ordered to develop and implement a targeted | ||
improvement plan under Subsection (a), the commissioner shall | ||
assign that district or campus an overall performance rating of F | ||
for the following school year unless, based on the performance of | ||
the district or campus in that following school year, the | ||
commissioner determines that the district or campus should be | ||
assigned a performance rating of C or higher. | ||
(d) If a district or campus is assigned a domain performance | ||
rating of D for the same domain for two consecutive school years | ||
after the district or campus is ordered to develop and implement a | ||
targeted improvement plan under Subsection (a), the commissioner | ||
shall assign that district or campus a domain performance rating of | ||
F for that domain for the following school year unless, based on the | ||
performance of the district or campus in that following school | ||
year, the commissioner determines the district or campus should be | ||
assigned a performance rating of C or higher in that domain. | ||
(e) The commissioner shall adopt rules as necessary to | ||
implement this section. | ||
SECTION 5. Section 39.107, Education Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subsections (b-10) and (b-11) to read as follows: | ||
(b-10) Not later than June 15 of each year, the commissioner | ||
shall, in writing, either approve or reject any campus turnaround | ||
plan prepared and submitted to the commissioner by a district. If | ||
the commissioner rejects a campus turnaround plan, the commissioner | ||
must also send the district an outline of the specific concerns | ||
regarding the turnaround plan that resulted in the rejection. | ||
(b-11) If the commissioner rejects a campus turnaround | ||
plan, the district must create a modified plan with assistance from | ||
agency staff and submit the modified plan to the commissioner for | ||
approval not later than the 60th day after the date the commissioner | ||
rejects the campus turnaround plan. The commissioner shall notify | ||
the district in writing of the commissioner's decision regarding | ||
the modified plan not later than the 15th day after the date the | ||
commissioner receives the modified plan. | ||
SECTION 6. Section 12A.001(b), Education Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(b) A school district is eligible for designation as a | ||
district of innovation only if the district's most recent overall | ||
performance rating under Section 39.054 is exemplary, recognized, | ||
or acceptable as reflected by an overall [ |
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SECTION 7. Section 12A.001(b), Education Code, as amended | ||
by this Act, applies only to a school district designated as a | ||
district of innovation on or after the effective date of this Act. | ||
SECTION 8. This Act applies beginning with the 2017-2018 | ||
school year. | ||
SECTION 9. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 1500 was passed by the House on May 3, | ||
2017, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 0, 2 present, not | ||
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. | ||
No. 1500 on May 26, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 0, | ||
2 present, not voting, and that the House adopted S.C.R. No. 62 | ||
authorizing certain corrections in H.B. No. 1500 on May 29, 2017, by | ||
the following vote: Yeas 141, Nays 3, 2 present, not voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 1500 was passed by the Senate, with | ||
amendments, on May 24, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays | ||
0, and that the Senate adopted S.C.R. No. 62 authorizing certain | ||
corrections in H.B. No. 1500 on May 29, 2017, by the following vote: | ||
Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: __________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |