Bill Text: TX SB393 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the consideration of certain student differentials based on sex under the public school accountability system.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-04-27 - Left pending in committee [SB393 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB393-Introduced.html
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By: Miles | S.B. No. 393 |
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relating to the consideration of certain student differentials | ||
based on sex under the public school accountability system. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 39.053, Education Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsections (c) and (e) and adding Subsection (i-1) 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), | ||
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(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; | ||
and | ||
(xii) students who are awarded an associate | ||
degree; | ||
(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: | ||
(A) from different: | ||
(i) racial and ethnic groups, including | ||
African American and Hispanic students: | ||
(a) considered as a whole; and | ||
(b) disaggregated by sex; and | ||
(ii) socioeconomic backgrounds; [ |
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(B) based on other relevant factors not described | ||
by Paragraph (A), including: | ||
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special education services; | ||
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and | ||
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(e) For purposes of Subsection (c)(3)(B)(i) [ |
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student formerly receiving special education services means a | ||
student whose enrollment information: | ||
(1) for the preceding school year, as reported through | ||
the Public Education Information Management System (PEIMS), | ||
indicates the student was enrolled at the campus and was | ||
participating in a special education program; and | ||
(2) for the current school year, as reported through | ||
the Public Education Information Management System (PEIMS) and as | ||
reported on assessment instruments administered to the student | ||
under Section 39.023, indicates the student is enrolled at the | ||
campus and is not participating in a special education program. | ||
(i-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (c)(3)(A)(i)(b), | ||
information reported under that sub-subparagraph may not be used by | ||
the agency for accountability purposes before the accountability | ||
ratings assigned for the 2024-2025 school year. This subsection | ||
expires September 1, 2025. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2021-2022 | ||
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 September 1, 2021. |