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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to public school accountability |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 39.151, Education Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (c-1) to read as |
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follows: |
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(b) The rules under Subsection (a) must provide for the |
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commissioner to appoint a committee to make recommendations to the |
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commissioner on a challenge made to an agency decision relating to |
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an academic performance rating or determination or financial |
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accountability rating. The committee shall review the challenge |
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regardless of the issue identified in the challenge by the school |
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district or open-enrollment charter school. The commissioner may |
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not appoint an agency employee as a member of the committee. |
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(c-1) The commissioner may not limit a challenge relating to |
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a data or calculation error or inaccuracy attributable to the |
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school district or open-enrollment charter school, even if the |
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challenge demonstrates the data or calculation error or inaccuracy |
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caused the district or school to have a lower academic or financial |
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accountability rating. If a challenge demonstrates that the data |
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or calculation error or inaccuracy caused the district or school to |
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have a lower academic or financial accountability rating, the |
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commissioner shall assign the district or school the corrected |
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rating or shall indicate that the district or school will not be |
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rated for that school year. The commissioner may not revoke the |
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charter of an open-enrollment charter school as provided by Section |
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12.115(c) or allow the charter to expire as provided by Section |
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12.1141(d) if for one of the school years considered for the |
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commissioner's decision the school is not rated as provided by this |
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subsection. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2017-2018 |
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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, 2017. |