TITLE: Relating to the method used in rating public school districts and campuses for accountability purposes.

SUMMARY: Relating to the method used in rating public school districts and campuses for accountability purposes.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the method used in rating public school districts and campuses for accountability purposes. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 39.054, Education Code, is amended by adding Subsection (b) to read as follows: (b) For purposes of assigning school districts and campuses an overall and a domain performance rating under Subsection (a), the commissioner shall ensure that the method used to evaluate performance is implemented in a manner that provides the mathematical possibility that all districts and campuses receive an A rating. SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2017-2018 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.