| (a) The standards and thresholds established by the
commissioner of education under Texas Education Code (TEC), §48.110(b)(1)-(3);
(c); (f)(1)(A) and (B), (2)(A) and (B), and (3)(A) and (B); and (g),
shall be used to calculate annual college, career, or military readiness
outcomes bonuses for school districts and open-enrollment charter
schools.
(b) The threshold percentages of annual graduates who
demonstrate college, career, or military readiness as provided in
subsection (c) of this section for each of the following cohorts are
as follows:
(1) 11% of annual graduates who are educationally disadvantaged;
(2) 24% of annual graduates who are not educationally
disadvantaged; and
(3) 0% of annual graduates who are enrolled in a special
education program under TEC, Chapter 29, Subchapter A, regardless
of whether the annual graduates are educationally disadvantaged.
(c) An annual graduate demonstrates:
(1) college readiness if the annual graduate:
(A) both:
(i) achieves college readiness standards used for accountability
purposes under TEC, Chapter 39, on the ACT, the SAT, or an assessment
instrument designated by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
(THECB) under TEC, §51.334; and
(ii) enrolls at a postsecondary educational institution
by the tenth instructional day of the fall semester immediately following
high school graduation; or
(B) earns an associate degree by August 31 immediately
following high school graduation;
(2) career readiness if the annual graduate:
(A) achieves college readiness standards used for accountability
purposes under TEC, Chapter 39, on the ACT, the SAT, or an assessment
instrument designated by THECB under TEC, §51.334; and
(B) earns an industry-based certification or a level
I or level II certificate by August 31 immediately following high
school graduation; and
(3) military readiness if the annual graduate enlists
in the armed forces of the United States or the Texas National Guard
by December 31 immediately following high school graduation.
(d) Each year, the commissioner shall determine for
each school district and open-enrollment charter school the minimum
number of annual graduates in each cohort described by subsection
(b) of this section who would have to demonstrate college, career,
or military readiness as described by subsection (c) of this section
in order for the district or charter school to achieve a percentage
of college, career, or military readiness for that cohort equal to
the threshold percentage established for that cohort under subsection
(b) of this section. Each year, the number of annual graduates in
excess of the threshold percentage for each cohort provided in subsection
(b)(1)-(3) of this section will be used to calculate college, career,
or military readiness outcomes bonus funding for the applicable fiscal
year.
(e) Each June, beginning in June 2021, the Texas Education
Agency (TEA) shall supply school districts and open-enrollment charter
schools with a preliminary College, Career, or Military Readiness
Outcomes Bonus Student Listing that provides the data used by TEA
to calculate preliminary funding for the upcoming school year.
(1) Upon release of the preliminary listing, school
districts and open-enrollment charter schools have 30 days to file
an appeal of student-level data. School districts and open-enrollment
charter schools must file an appeal and submit all supporting documentation
within 30 days of the release of the preliminary listing.
(2) An appeal must be filed by following the instructions
provided with the release of the student listing. The basis for appeals
should be a data or calculation error attributable to TEA or a testing
contractor.
(3) The appeals process is not a permissible method
to correct data that were inaccurately reported to TEA by the school
district or open-enrollment charter school. A school district or open-enrollment
charter school that submits inaccurate data must follow the procedures
and timelines for resubmitting data as specified in the Texas Education
Data Standards. Appeals from school districts and open-enrollment
charter schools that missed data resubmission window opportunities
will be denied.
(4) Decisions regarding appeals are final and not subject
to further appeal.
(5) Due to the delay in data availability for enrollment
in institutions of higher education (IHEs), preliminary College, Career,
or Military Readiness Outcomes Bonus Student Listings will not include
IHE enrollment. For 2019 annual graduates, TEA will use a two-year
IHE enrollment average for each school district. Beginning with 2020
annual graduates, TEA will use a three-year IHE enrollment average
for each school district.
(6) Each year, upon receipt of IHE enrollment data,
TEA will reconcile College, Career, or Military Readiness Outcomes
Bonus Student Listings with actual enrollment data for the applicable
graduating class. Upon reconciliation, the college, career, or military
readiness outcomes bonus funding will be updated for the applicable
fiscal year.
(f) Due to discrepancies between annual enlistment
counts for Texas military enlistees aged 17-19 released by the United
States Department of Defense and Texas Student Data System Public
Education Information Management System military enlistment data for
2017 and 2018 annual graduates, TEA will exclude military enlistment
data from College, Career, or Military Readiness Outcomes Bonus Student
Listings as provided in subsection (e) of this section until such
data can be obtained directly from the United States Armed Forces.
Upon receipt of such data, previously released final College, Career,
or Military Readiness Outcomes Bonus Student Listings will be updated
to include military enlistment data. When the final College, Career,
or Military Readiness Outcomes Bonus Student Listings are updated,
as provided in this subsection, the number of annual graduates in
excess of the threshold percentage for each cohort provided in subsection
(b)(1)-(3) of this section will be updated and used to recalculate
college, career, or military readiness outcomes bonus funding for
the 2019-2020 fiscal year and applicable future fiscal years.
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