Bill Text: TX HB174 | 2023 | 88th Legislature 3rd Special Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the public school accountability system and the career and technology allotment under the Foundation School Program.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-10-18 - Filed [HB174 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB174-Introduced.html
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| By: Guillen | H.B. No. 174 | |
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| relating to the public school accountability system and the career | ||
| and technology allotment under the Foundation School Program. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 39.053(c), Education Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| (c) School districts and campuses must be evaluated based on | ||
| three domains of indicators of achievement adopted under this | ||
| section that include: | ||
| (1) in the student achievement domain, indicators of | ||
| student achievement that must include: | ||
| (A) for evaluating the performance of districts | ||
| and campuses generally: | ||
| (i) an indicator that accounts for the | ||
| results of assessment instruments required under Sections | ||
| 39.023(a), (c), and (l), as applicable for the district and campus, | ||
| including the results of assessment instruments required for | ||
| graduation retaken by a student, aggregated across grade levels by | ||
| subject area, including: | ||
| (a) 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 | ||
| (b) 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 | ||
| (ii) an indicator that accounts for the | ||
| results of assessment instruments required under Section | ||
| 39.023(b), as applicable for the district and campus, 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; and | ||
| (B) for evaluating the performance of high school | ||
| campuses and districts that include high school campuses, | ||
| indicators that account for: | ||
| (i) students who satisfy the Texas Success | ||
| Initiative (TSI) college readiness benchmarks prescribed by the | ||
| Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board under Section 51.334 on | ||
| an assessment instrument in reading or mathematics designated by | ||
| the coordinating board under that section; | ||
| (ii) students who satisfy relevant | ||
| performance standards on advanced placement tests or similar | ||
| assessments; | ||
| (iii) students who earn dual course credits | ||
| in the dual credit courses; | ||
| (iv) students who enlist in the armed | ||
| forces of the United States or the Texas National Guard; | ||
| (v) students who earn industry | ||
| certifications; | ||
| (vi) students admitted into postsecondary | ||
| industry certification programs that require as a prerequisite for | ||
| entrance successful performance at the secondary level; | ||
| (vii) students whose successful completion | ||
| of a course or courses under Section 28.014 indicates the student's | ||
| preparation to enroll and succeed, without remediation, in an | ||
| entry-level general education course for a baccalaureate degree or | ||
| associate degree; | ||
| (viii) students who successfully met | ||
| standards on a composite of indicators that through research | ||
| indicates the student's preparation to enroll and succeed, without | ||
| remediation, in an entry-level general education course for a | ||
| baccalaureate degree or associate degree; | ||
| (ix) high school graduation rates, computed | ||
| in accordance with standards and definitions adopted in compliance | ||
| with the Every Student Succeeds Act (20 U.S.C. Section 6301 et seq.) | ||
| subject to the exclusions provided by Subsections (g), (g-1), | ||
| (g-2), (g-3), and (g-4); | ||
| (x) students who successfully completed an | ||
| OnRamps dual enrollment course; | ||
| (xi) students who successfully completed a | ||
| practicum or internship approved by the State Board of Education; | ||
| (xii) students who are awarded an associate | ||
| degree; [ |
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| (xiii) students who successfully completed | ||
| a program of study in career and technical education; and | ||
| (xiv) students who successfully completed a | ||
| Pathways in Technology Early College High School (P-TECH) program | ||
| established under Subchapter N, Chapter 29, or another early | ||
| college high school program; | ||
| (2) in the school progress domain, indicators for | ||
| effectiveness in promoting student learning, which must include: | ||
| (A) for assessment instruments, including | ||
| assessment instruments under Subdivisions (1)(A)(i) and (ii), the | ||
| percentage of students who met the standard for improvement, as | ||
| determined by the commissioner; and | ||
| (B) for evaluating relative performance, the | ||
| performance of districts and campuses compared to similar districts | ||
| or campuses; and | ||
| (3) in the closing the gaps domain, the use of | ||
| disaggregated data to demonstrate the differentials among students | ||
| from different racial and ethnic groups, socioeconomic | ||
| backgrounds, and other factors, including: | ||
| (A) students formerly receiving special | ||
| education services; | ||
| (B) students continuously enrolled; and | ||
| (C) students who are mobile. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 39.0544(a), Education Code, is amended | ||
| to read as follows: | ||
| (a) The commissioner shall adopt rules regarding the | ||
| assignment of campus performance ratings by school districts and | ||
| open-enrollment charter schools. The rules: | ||
| (1) must require a district or school, in assigning an | ||
| overall performance rating for a campus, to incorporate: | ||
| (A) domain performance ratings assigned by the | ||
| commissioner under Section 39.054; [ |
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| (B) performance ratings based on locally | ||
| developed domains or sets of accountability measures; and | ||
| (C) any distinction designations awarded to the | ||
| campus under Subchapter G; | ||
| (2) may permit a district or school to assign weights | ||
| to each domain, [ |
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| designations described in Subdivision (1), as determined by the | ||
| district or school, provided that the domains specified in | ||
| Subdivision (1)(A) must in the aggregate account for at least 50 | ||
| percent of the overall performance rating; | ||
| (3) must require that each locally developed domain or | ||
| set of accountability measures: | ||
| (A) contains levels of performance that allow for | ||
| differentiation, with assigned standards for achieving the | ||
| differentiated levels; | ||
| (B) provides for the assignment of a letter grade | ||
| of A, B, C, D, or F; and | ||
| (C) meets standards for reliability and | ||
| validity; | ||
| (4) must require that calculations for overall | ||
| performance ratings and each locally developed domain or set of | ||
| accountability measures be capable of being audited by a third | ||
| party; | ||
| (5) must require that a district or school produce a | ||
| campus score card that may be displayed on the agency's website; and | ||
| (6) must require that a district or school develop and | ||
| make available to the public an explanation of the methodology used | ||
| to assign performance ratings under this section. | ||
| SECTION 3. Section 39.202, Education Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 39.202. ACADEMIC DISTINCTION DESIGNATION FOR | ||
| DISTRICTS AND CAMPUSES. The commissioner by rule shall establish | ||
| an academic distinction designation for districts and campuses for | ||
| outstanding performance in attainment of postsecondary readiness. | ||
| The commissioner shall adopt criteria for the designation under | ||
| this section, including: | ||
| (1) percentages of students who: | ||
| (A) performed satisfactorily, as determined | ||
| under the college readiness performance standard under Section | ||
| 39.0241, on assessment instruments required under Section | ||
| 39.023(a), (b), (c), or (l), aggregated across grade levels by | ||
| subject area; or | ||
| (B) met the standard for annual improvement, as | ||
| determined by the agency under Section 39.034, on assessment | ||
| instruments required under Section 39.023(a), (b), (c), or (l), | ||
| aggregated across grade levels by subject area, for students who | ||
| did not perform satisfactorily as described by Paragraph (A); | ||
| (2) percentages of: | ||
| (A) students who earned a nationally or | ||
| internationally recognized business or industry certification or | ||
| license; | ||
| (B) students who completed a coherent sequence of | ||
| career and technical courses; | ||
| (C) students who completed a dual credit course | ||
| or an articulated postsecondary course provided for local credit; | ||
| (D) students who achieved applicable College | ||
| Readiness Benchmarks or the equivalent on the Preliminary | ||
| Scholastic Assessment Test (PSAT), the Scholastic Assessment Test | ||
| (SAT), the American College Test (ACT), or the ACT-Plan assessment | ||
| program; [ |
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| (E) students who received a score on either an | ||
| advanced placement test or an international baccalaureate | ||
| examination to be awarded college credit; and | ||
| (F) students who completed a Pathways in | ||
| Technology Early College High School (P-TECH) program established | ||
| under Subchapter N, Chapter 29, or another early college high | ||
| school program; and | ||
| (3) other factors for determining sufficient student | ||
| attainment of postsecondary readiness. | ||
| SECTION 4. Section 48.106(a-1), Education Code, is amended | ||
| to read as follows: | ||
| (a-1) In addition to the amounts under Subsection (a), for | ||
| each student in average daily attendance, a district is entitled to | ||
| $150 [ |
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| enrolled: | ||
| (1) a campus designated as a P-TECH school under | ||
| Section 29.556; or | ||
| (2) a campus that is a member of the New Tech Network | ||
| and that focuses on project-based learning and work-based | ||
| education. | ||
| SECTION 5. This Act applies beginning with the 2024-2025 | ||
| school year. | ||
| SECTION 6. 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 on the 91st day after the last day of the | ||
| legislative session. | ||
