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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to evaluating the performance of dropout recovery schools. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 39.0545, Education Code, as added by |
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Chapter 167 (S.B. 1538), Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular |
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Session, 2013, is amended by amending Subsection (d) and adding |
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Subsection (e) to read as follows: |
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(d) For purposes of evaluating a dropout recovery school[,
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only the best result from the primary administration and any retake
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of an assessment instrument administered to a student in the school
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year evaluated] under the accountability procedures adopted by the |
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commissioner: |
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(1) only a student enrolled continuously for at least |
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one semester may be included and [may be] considered in determining |
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the performance rating of the school under Section 39.054; and |
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(2) the results of the primary administration of an |
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assessment instrument administered to a student and any retake of |
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an assessment instrument administered to a student shall be |
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included and considered in determining the performance rating of |
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the school under Section 39.054. |
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(e) For purposes of evaluating a dropout recovery school |
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under the accountability procedures adopted by the commissioner, |
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the commissioner: |
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(1) may not authorize the use of a procedure to measure |
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student growth that is based on the percentage of students who, |
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based on each student's performance on an assessment instrument, |
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satisfy an established growth performance standard; and |
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(2) shall by rule establish a procedure to measure |
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student growth by: |
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(A) computing the average aggregate increase in |
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each student's performance on an assessment instrument; and |
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(B) including for purposes of the computation |
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under Paragraph (A) the results of any primary administration of an |
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assessment instrument administered to a student at another school |
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if the retake of the assessment instrument is administered by the |
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dropout recovery school. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2015-2016 |
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school year. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |