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Legislative SummaryPublic EducationPublic Education

81st Regular Session

HB 3 P bli S h l A biliPublic School AccountabilityFocus on Postsecondary ReadinessFocus on Postsecondary Readiness

• Uses college readiness as an element of the accountability system by requiring schools toaccountability system by requiring schools to increase the number of students performing at the college readiness levelg

• Establishes a college readiness standard on the English III and Algebra II end-of-course exams,

t t d t h t thi t d dguarantees students who meet this standard are placed in credit bearing coursesin higher educationin higher education

HB 3 P bli S h l A biliPublic School Accountability

Rigor and Relevanceg

• Strong academic core for students on the recommended plan with increased flexibility (6 electives) Four creditsplan with increased flexibility (6 electives). Four credits in the four core subject areas (4x4), two credits of the same foreign language, one physical education credit, one fine arts credit and six electives selected by students yand parents

• Maintains high standards for students by requiring them t d t t k l d th d fto demonstrate knowledge on the end-of-course exams in each content area to graduate. Students must earn a cumulative score on assessments in each core area (model from SB 1031 in the 80th Session)(model from SB 1031 in the 80th Session).


Rigor and RelevanceRigor and Relevance

• Requires third grade students to be promoted based• Requires third grade students to be promoted based on a variety of factors, but maintains the current promotion requirements for grades 5 and 8.

• Authorizes districts to provide math and science courses in an applied manner, while ensuring quality b i i TEKS d d fby requiring TEKS coverage and end-of-course exams.


Campus and District Recognitionp g• Provides for districts and campuses to earn recognized

and exemplary designations for outstanding postsecondary achievementpostsecondary achievement.

• Allows campuses to earn distinctions for outstanding academic achievement in the core subject areas, growth j , gin student achievement, closing the gaps, fine arts, physical education, 21st Century Workforce Development and second language learning.

• Requires distinctions to be awarded usingmultiple measures.


Accountability IndicatorsAccountability Indicators

• Allows student growth to count toward meeting the passing and college readiness standardspassing and college-readiness standards.

• Allows districts to meet the standard or use a 3-year rolling average.g g

• Recognizes district improvement in completion rates.• Prevents districts and campuses from being labeled

d i ll bl if hacademically unacceptable if they meet 85% of required indicators with safeguards to prevent misusesafeguards to prevent misuse.


Interventions and SanctionsInterventions and Sanctions

• Grants campuses an additional year after reconstitution t t dit ti t d dto meet accreditation standards.

• Provides the option of repurposing in lieu of closure. • Allows the delay of alternative management repurposingAllows the delay of alternative management, repurposing

and closure by one year if the commissioner determines that the campus is making significant progress toward

dit tiaccreditation.• Prohibits the commissioner from requiring

the name of a campus to be changedthe name of a campus to be changed.

HB 3646S h l FiSchool Finance

• Directs $1.9 billion of new money into public schoolsp

• Increases aid to districts with low revenue targetsg

• Improves equity by increasing the basic allotment, guaranteed yield, and equalized , g y , qwealth level, putting districts with low revenue targets back onto formula funding


• Reduces recapture payments andReduces recapture payments and eliminates recapture for 26 districts

• Removes the mid size adjustment• Removes the mid-size adjustment exception for Chapter 41 districtsP id di t i t i i $120• Provides every district a minimum $120 per Weighted Average Daily Attendance (WADA) i(WADA) increase


• Provides an across-the-board educator pay raise of the greater of $800/year or each

d t ' h f $60/WADA f th di t i teducator's share of $60/WADA for the district. • Deletes TEEG, the state-developed teacher

i ti d difi DATE thincentive program, and modifies DATE, the locally-developed incentive program to add emphasis on incentives for successful principalsemphasis on incentives for successful principals and teachers to move to challenging campuses


• Establishes a permanent "roll-forward" for the pExisting Debt Allotment (EDA) program

• Establishes a new program to guarantee bonds f h l ifor new school construction

• Provides an additional $50 career/tech allotment for students in sequences leading to certificationfor students in sequences leading to certification, and provides for funding of certification exam fees

• Provide a special allotment for BRAC studentsif funds are available


• Provides funding for credit recoveryProvides funding for credit recovery classes for students

• Enhances the operation and functions of• Enhances the operation and functions of the Virtual School NetworkE t di t i t f i t iti f• Exempts districts from paying tuition for dual credit for two years and requires

h i i i t icomprehensive review over interim

HB 4294El i I i l M i lElectronic Instructional Materials• Allows districts to select instructional materials

and electronic textbooks from a list adopted by the commissioner in addition to traditional textbooks for foundation or enrichment coursestextbooks for foundation or enrichment courses

• Entitles school districts that select electronic• Entitles school districts that select electronic textbooks from the approved list to funding equal to the cost of the electronic textbook for the relevant course

HB 4294El i I i l M i lElectronic Instructional Materials• Allows funds to be used for the

purchase of textbooks, electronictextbooks, or to supplement the di t i t' t h l ll t t idistrict's technology allotment in order to purchase technological equipment to be used to provide access to approved instructional p ppmaterials and electronic textbooks.

• Increases instructional safeguards by requiring a classroom set of State Board of Education-classroom set of State Board of Educationapproved textbooks for each subject in each grade level each year as well as verification that digital materials cover the state standards (TEKS)materials cover the state standards (TEKS).

HB 2488 O S M i lOpen-Source Materials

• Statutorily recognizes open-source technology y g p gyand provides a method to include open-source materials in the textbook adoption process, while removing requirements (such as use of g q (depositories and providing samples) that do not make sense for open-source materials.

• Allows for a cost-effective way to get up-to-date information into the hands of students, while

i i i h f l i d d imaintaining the formal review and adoption process through the State Board of Education

HB 2488 O S M i lOpen-Source Materials

• Allows top-tier Texas universities and technicalAllows top tier Texas universities and technical colleges to submit faculty-edited, secondary level, open-source textbooks for placement on conforming and nonconforming lists if the university certifies that high school students who

f ll l t b d thsuccessfully complete courses based on the texts will be adequately prepared for college-level course work at their institutions withoutlevel course work at their institutions without remediation.

HB 171S d Di i liStudent Discipline

Requires a school to consider mitigatingRequires a school to consider mitigating factors such as:

• Self defense• Self-defense• Intent or lack of intent at the time the student

engaged in certain conductengaged in certain conduct• Student's disciplinary history• Disability that substantially impairs the• Disability that substantially impairs the

student's capacity to appreciate the wrongfulness of the conduct.g

HB 4152T C ifi iTemporary Certifications

Provides certified teachers from other Provides certified teachers from other states certification reciprocity to teach in Texas with a two-year temporaryTexas with a two year temporary certification.

HB 772SBOE B dSBOE Broadcasts

Requires TEA to provide a live web-castRequires TEA to provide a live web cast (audio and video) of all SBOE meetings and to maintain an archive on the TEAand to maintain an archive on the TEA

website.

SB 1290T h M iTeacher Mentoring

• Authorizes school districts to assign a mentor to ga teacher who has less than two years of teaching experience in a subject or grade level.Gi h l di i h fl ibili i• Gives schools districts the flexibility to assign mentors to teachers who are not necessarily new to the profession but whonew to the profession, but who have changed subject or grade level and need the help of a e e a d eed t e e p o amentor in adjusting to their new responsibilities. p

HB 2542C ll Vi iCollege Visits

Authorizes districts to excuse up to twoAuthorizes districts to excuse up to two days' absence for a high school student during the student's junior and seniorduring the student s junior and senior years to visit an institution of higher education to determine the studentseducation to determine the students interest in attending the college or universityuniversity.

SB 300C S iCost Savings

• Allows districts to choose between two methods of posting job vacancies instead of requiring both methods.E d h i i d f di i l l• Extends the expiration date of a district-level class size exception from the end of the semester to the end of the yearsemester to the end of the year.

• Authorizes, rather than requires, schools to conduct bus evacuation training once a year.

• Requires schools to establish a long-range energy plan to reduce electric consumption.

SB 2033G di P li iGrading Policies

• Requires districts to adopt a grading policyRequires districts to adopt a grading policy prior to the start of the school year.

• The policy:• The policy:• requires a teacher to assign grades that reflect a

student's mastery of an assignment• may not require a teacher to assign a minimum grade

without regard to student's quality of work• may allow districts to permit students a reasonable y p

opportunity to make up or redo assignments or tests.

QUESTIONS?QUESTIONS?

R R b Ei lRep. Rob EisslerDistrict 15

House Committee on Public Education ChairmanPublic Education Chairman

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