| (a) A school district or an open-enrollment charter
school may request no later than December 15, 2021, an accountability
special evaluation for the 2020-2021 school year for a campus:
(1) that meets a 95% assessment participation rate
threshold for the all students group for all subjects combined for
the 2020-2021 school year; and
(2) to which the most recent overall performance rating
assigned, other than a rating of Not Rated, is a D, F, or performance
that needs improvement.
(b) Upon request, as provided in subsection (a) of
this section, the commissioner of education shall evaluate a campus
that meets the requirements of subsection (a)(1) and (2) of this section
in:
(1) the Student Achievement domain of Texas Education
Code (TEC), §39.053(c)(1); and
(2) the School Progress, Part B: Relative Performance
domain of TEC, §39.053(c)(2).
(c) The component scores for the Student Achievement
domain of TEC, §39.053(c)(1), and School Progress, Part B: Relative
Performance domain of TEC, §39.053(c)(2), shall be calculated
using scaling methodologies as were adopted in the 2020 Accountability Manual under §97.1001
of this title (relating to Accountability Rating System).
(d) One of the following performance ratings shall
be assigned according to the results of the evaluation requested under
subsection (b) of this section.
(1) If the evaluation results in an outcome of A, B,
or C by averaging the scaled score of the Student Achievement domain
of TEC, §39.053(c)(1), and the scaled score of the School Progress,
Part B: Relative Performance domain of TEC, §39.053(c)(2), the
campus shall be assigned a performance rating of Acceptable for the
2020-2021 school year.
(2) If the evaluation results in an outcome of D or
F by averaging the scaled score of the Student Achievement domain
of TEC, §39.053(c)(1), and the scaled score of the School Progress,
Part B: Relative Performance domain of TEC, §39.053(c)(2), the
campus shall be assigned a performance rating of Not Rated: Declared
State of Disaster for the 2020-2021 school year.
(e) An Acceptable performance rating assigned under
subsection (d)(1) of this section is considered a break in consecutive
school years of unacceptable performance ratings under TEC, §39.054.
(f) A school district or an open-enrollment charter
school may appeal a rating issued under subsection (d)(2) of this
section in accordance with TEC, §39.151, and the determination
of consecutive school years of unacceptable performance ratings in
accordance with TEC, §39.054. For the 2020-2021 school year,
such an appeal must be filed with the Texas Education Agency by December
15, 2021.
(g) This section does not apply to an intervention
ordered on the basis of consecutive school years of unacceptable performance
ratings accrued before the effective date of this section.
(h) This section expires September 1, 2027.
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