By: Powell	S.B. No. 351
	(In the Senate - Filed January 14, 2019; February 7, 2019,
	read first time and referred to Committee on Education;
	April 23, 2019, reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 11,
	Nays 0; April 23, 2019, sent to printer.)
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	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to indicators of achievement under the public school
	accountability system.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Section 39.053(c), Education Code, as amended by
	Chapters 807 (H.B. 22), 842 (H.B. 2223), and 1088 (H.B. 3593), Acts
	of the 85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017, is reenacted and
	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;
	(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), and (g-3);
	(x)  students who successfully completed an
	OnRamps dual enrollment course; [and]
	(xi)  [the percentage of] students who
	successfully completed a practicum or internship approved by the
	State Board of Education;
	(xii)  students who are awarded an associate
	[associate's] degree; and
	(xiii)  students who successfully completed
	a coherent sequence of career and technology courses;
	(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.  To the extent of any conflict, this Act prevails
	over another Act of the 86th Legislature, Regular Session, 2019,
	relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted
	codes.
	SECTION 3.  This Act applies beginning with the 2019-2020
	school year.
	SECTION 4.  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, 2019.
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