TITLE: Relating to suspending public school accountability ratings for the 2012-2013 school year.

SUMMARY: Relating to suspending public school accountability ratings for the 2012-2013 school year.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to suspending public school accountability ratings for the 2012-2013 school year. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Sections 39.116(a), (b), (e), (f), and (g), Education Code, are amended to read as follows: (a) During the period of transition to the accreditation system established under H.B. No. 3, Acts of the 81st Legislature, Regular Session, 2009, to be implemented in August 2013, the commissioner may suspend assignment of accreditation statuses and performance ratings for the 2011-2012 and 2012-2013 school years [year].(b) As soon as practicable following the 2012-2013 [2011-2012] school year, the commissioner shall report district and campus performance under the student achievement indicators under Sections 39.053(c)(1)(A) and (B). (e) During the 2011-2012,[and] 2012-2013,and 2013-2014 school years, the commissioner shall continue to implement interventions and sanctions for districts and campuses identified as having unacceptable performance in the 2010-2011 school year in accordance with the performance standards applicable during the 2010-2011 school year and may increase or decrease the level of interventions and sanctions based on an evaluation of the district's or campus's performance. (f) For purposes of determining multiple years of unacceptable performance and required district and campus interventions and sanctions under this subchapter, the performance ratings and accreditation statuses issued in the 2010-2011 and 2013-2014 [2012-2013] school years shall be considered consecutive. (g) This section expires September 1, 2015 [2014].SECTION 2. Section 39.116(c), Education Code, is repealed. 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.