Bill Text: TX HB324 | 2017 | 85th Legislature 1st Special Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to public school students evaluated for purposes of accountability ratings in certain school districts.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-08-08 - Committee report sent to Calendars [HB324 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB324-Introduced.html
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By: Dutton | H.B. No. 324 |
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relating to public school students evaluated for purposes of | ||
accountability ratings in certain school districts. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 39, Education Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 39.0531 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 39.0531. STUDENTS EVALUATED FOR PURPOSES OF | ||
ACCOUNTABILITY RATINGS IN CERTAIN SCHOOL DISTRICTS. (a) This | ||
section applies only to a school district that includes a student | ||
enrollment of at least 1,000 African American males. | ||
(b) Notwithstanding any other law, for purposes of | ||
evaluating under Sections 39.053(c)(1) and (2)(A) the performance | ||
of a school district subject to this section and campuses in a | ||
school district subject to this section, only the performance of | ||
African American males may be considered. | ||
(c) Notwithstanding any other law, for purposes of | ||
evaluating under Section 39.053(c)(3) the performance of a school | ||
district subject to this section and campuses in a school district | ||
subject to this section, only the student academic achievement | ||
differentials among African American males from different | ||
socioeconomic backgrounds may be considered. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2017-2018 | ||
school year. | ||
SECTION 3. 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 December 1, 2017. |