Sec. 39.054. METHODS AND STANDARDS FOR EVALUATING PERFORMANCE.
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(a) The commissioner shall adopt rules to evaluate school district and campus performance and assign each district a performance rating of A, B, C, D, or F. In adopting rules under this subsection, the commissioner shall determine the criteria for each designated letter performance rating. A district performance rating of A, B, or C reflects acceptable performance and a district performance rating of D or F reflects unacceptable performance. The commissioner shall also assign each campus a performance rating of exemplary, recognized, acceptable, or unacceptable. A campus performance rating of exemplary, recognized, or acceptable reflects acceptable performance, and a campus performance rating of unacceptable reflects unacceptable performance. A district may not receive a performance rating of A if the district includes any campus with a performance rating of unacceptable. Not later than August 8 of each year, the performance rating of each district and campus shall be made publicly available as provided by rules adopted under this subsection. If a district or campus received a performance rating that reflected unacceptable performance for the preceding school year, the commissioner shall notify the district of a subsequent such designation on or before June 15.
Text of subsection effective on September 01, 2016
(a) The commissioner shall adopt rules to evaluate school district and campus performance and assign each district and campus a performance rating. In adopting rules under this subsection, the commissioner shall determine the criteria for each performance rating. Not later than August 15 of each year, the performance rating of each district and campus shall be made publicly available as provided by rules adopted under this subsection. If a district or campus received a performance rating that reflected unacceptable performance for the preceding school year, the commissioner shall notify the district of a subsequent such designation on or before June 15.
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(a) The commissioner shall adopt rules to evaluate school district and campus performance and assign each district and campus an overall performance rating of A, B, C, D, or F. In addition to the overall performance rating, the commissioner shall assign each district and campus a separate domain performance rating of A, B, C, D, or F for each domain under Sections 39.053(c)(1)-(4). An overall or domain performance rating of A reflects exemplary performance. An overall or domain performance rating of B reflects recognized performance. An overall or domain performance rating of C reflects acceptable performance. An overall or domain performance rating of D or F reflects unacceptable performance. A district may not receive an overall or domain performance rating of A if the district includes any campus with a corresponding overall or domain performance rating of D or F. A reference in law to an acceptable rating or acceptable performance includes an overall or domain performance rating of A, B, or C or exemplary, recognized, or acceptable performance.
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(a-1) For purposes of assigning an overall performance rating under Subsection (a), the commissioner shall attribute:
(1) 55 percent of the performance evaluation to the achievement indicators for the first, second, and third domains under Sections 39.053(c)(1)-(3);
(2) for middle and junior high school and elementary campuses and districts that include only those campuses, 35 percent of the performance evaluation to the applicable achievement indicators for the fourth domain under Section 39.053(c)(4);
(3) for high school campuses and districts that include those campuses:
(A) 10 percent of the performance evaluation to the high school graduation rate achievement indicator described by Section 39.053(c)(4)(A)(ii); and
(B) 25 percent to the remaining applicable achievement indicators for the fourth domain under Section 39.053(c)(4); and
(4) 10 percent of the performance evaluation to the locally selected and evaluated achievement indicators provided for under the fifth domain under Section 39.053(c)(5).
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(a-2) The commissioner by rule shall adopt procedures to ensure that a repeated performance rating of D or F or unacceptable in one domain, particularly performance that is not significantly improving, is reflected in the overall performance rating of a district or campus and is not compensated for by a performance rating of A, B, or C in another domain.
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(a-3) Not later than August 15 of each year, the performance ratings of each district and campus shall be made publicly available as provided by rules adopted under this section. If a district or campus received an overall or domain performance rating of D or F for the preceding school year, the commissioner shall notify the district of a subsequent such designation on or before June 15.
(b) Repealed by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1094 , Sec. 22, eff. June 19, 2015.
(b-1) Consideration of the effectiveness of district programs under Section 39.052(b)(2)(B) or (C):
(1) must:
(A) be based on data collected through the Public Education Information Management System (PEIMS) for purposes of accountability under this chapter; and
(B) include the results of assessments required under Section 39.023; and
(2) may be based on the results of a special accreditation investigation conducted under Section 39.057.
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(c) In evaluating school district and campus performance on the student achievement indicators adopted under Sections 39.053(c)(1) and (2), the commissioner shall define acceptable performance as meeting the state standard determined by the commissioner under Section 39.053(e) for the current school year based on:
(1) student performance in the current school year; or
(2) student performance as averaged over the current school year and the preceding two school years.
Text of subsection effective on September 01, 2017
(c) In evaluating school district and campus performance on the achievement indicators for student performance on assessment instruments adopted under Sections 39.053(c)(1) and (2) and the dropout rate indicator adopted under Sections 39.053(c)(4)(A)(i) and (B)(ii)(a), the commissioner shall define acceptable performance as meeting the state standard determined by the commissioner under Section 39.053(f) for the current school year based on:
(1) student performance in the current school year; or
(2) student performance as averaged over the current school year and the preceding two school years.
(d) Repealed by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1094 , Sec. 22, eff. June 19, 2015.
(d-1) Repealed by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1094 , Sec. 22, eff. June 19, 2015.
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(e) Each annual performance review under this section shall include an analysis of the student achievement indicators adopted under Section 39.053(c) to determine school district and campus performance in relation to:
(1) standards established for each indicator; and
(2) required improvement as defined under Section 39.053(e).
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(e) Each annual performance review under this section shall include an analysis of the achievement indicators adopted under Sections 39.053(c)(1)-(4) to determine school district and campus performance in relation to standards established for each indicator.
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(f) In the computation of dropout rates under Section 39.053(c)(2), a student who is released from a juvenile pre-adjudication secure detention facility or juvenile post-adjudication secure correctional facility and fails to enroll in school or a student who leaves a residential treatment center after receiving treatment for fewer than 85 days and fails to enroll in school may not be considered to have dropped out from the school district or campus serving the facility or center unless that district or campus is the one to which the student is regularly assigned. The agency may not limit an appeal relating to dropout computations under this subsection.
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(f) In the computation of dropout rates under Sections 39.053(c)(4)(A)(i) and (B)(ii)(a), a student who is released from a juvenile pre-adjudication secure detention facility or juvenile post-adjudication secure correctional facility and fails to enroll in school or a student who leaves a residential treatment center after receiving treatment for fewer than 85 days and fails to enroll in school may not be considered to have dropped out from the school district or campus serving the facility or center unless that district or campus is the one to which the student is regularly assigned. The agency may not limit an appeal relating to dropout computations under this subsection.
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.
Amended by:
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 895 (H.B. 3), Sec. 59, eff. June 19, 2009.
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 211 (H.B. 5), Sec. 44(a), eff. June 10, 2013.
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 211 (H.B. 5), Sec. 45(a), eff. June 10, 2013.
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1094 (H.B. 2804), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2016.
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1094 (H.B. 2804), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2017.
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1094 (H.B. 2804), Sec. 22, eff. June 19, 2015.
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