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(a) The campus report card disseminated by the Texas Ed-
ucation Agency (TEA) under the Texas Education Code, 39.305
[*39.052], shall be termed the "school" report card (SRC).
(b) The intent of the SRC is to inform each student's parents or
guardians about the school's performance and characteristics. Where
possible, the SRC will present the school information in relation to the
district, the state, and a comparable group of schools. The SRC will
present the student, staff, financial, and performance information re-
quired by statute, as well as any explanations and additional informa-
tion deemed appropriate to the intent of the report.
(c) The SRC must be disseminated within six weeks after it is
received from TEA.
(d) The campus administration may provide the SRC in the
same manner it would normally transmit official communications to
parents and guardians, such as: including the SRC in a weekly folder
sent home with each student, mailing it to the student's residence, pro-
viding it at a teacher-parent conference, [or] enclosing it with the stu-
dent report card, or sending it via electronic mail.
(e) The school may not alter the report provided by TEA; how-
ever, it may concurrently provide additional information to the parents
or guardians that supplements or explains information in the SRC.
61.1022. Texas Academic Performance [Academic Excel nce mdi-
eator System] Report.
(a) The performance report provided by the Texas Education
Agency (TEA) under the Texas Education Code, 39.306 [439053],
shall be termed the Texas Academic Performance Report [Academic
Excellence indicator m report].
(b) The intent of the Texas Academic Performance Report
[AEIS report] is to inform the public about the educational perfor-
mance of the district and of each campus in the district in relation to
the district, the state, and a comparable group of schools. The Texas
Academic Performance Report [AETS report] will present the campus
performance information as well as student, staff, and financial infor-
mation required by statute. It will also include any explanations and
additional information deemed appropriate to the intent of the report.
(c) The hearing for public discussion of the Texas Academic
Performance Report [AE+S report] must be held within 90 days after
the report is received from TEA. This hearing may take place during a
regularly scheduled or special meeting of the local board of trustees.
(d) The Texas Academic Performance Report [AEIS report]
must be published within two weeks after the public hearing. It must
be published in the same format as it was received from TEA.
(e) The district may not alter the report provided by TEA; how-
ever, it may concurrently provide additional information to the public
that supplements or explains information in the Texas Academic Per-
formance Report [AES report].
(f) The local board of trustees shall disseminate the report by
posting it on the school district website and in public places, such as
each school office, local businesses, and public libraries.
The agency certifies that legal counsel has reviewed the pro-
posal and found it to be within the state agency's legal authority
to adopt.
Filed with the Office of the Secretary of State on November 8,
2013.
TRD-201305152Cristina De La Fuente-Valadez
Director, Rulemaking
Texas Education Agency
Earliest possible date of adoption: December 22, 2013
For further information, please call: (512) 475-1497
CHAPTER 101. ASSESSMENT
SUBCHAPTER AA. COMMISSIONER'S
RULES CONCERNING THE PARTICIPATION OF
ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS IN STATE
ASSESSMENTS
The Texas Education Agency proposes amendments to
101.1001 and 101.1007 and the repeal of 101.1025, con-
cerning assessment. The sections address the participation of
English language learners (ELLs) in state assessments. The
proposed amendments and repeal would reflect changes made
to the state assessment program by House Bill (HB) 5, 83rd
Texas Legislature, Regular Session, 2013.
HB 5, 83rd Texas Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, made
changes to the state's assessment graduation requirements.
The proposed amendments to 19 TAC Chapter 101, Subchapter
AA, Divisions 1 and 2, would align rules relating to ELLs with the
recent statutory changes. Specifically, the following changes
would be made.
Section 101.1001, Scope of Rules, would be amended to specify
that, for assessment purposes, a student needs to be enrolled in
a U.S. school for at least 60 consecutive days in a school year
to be considered as enrolled during that school year.
Section 101.1007, Assessment Provisions for Graduation,
makes allowances for eligible ELLs related to the use of English
I and II State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness
(STAAR) end-of-course (EOC) assessment scores in meeting
high school graduation requirements. The allowances were
made with the understanding that these students would be
required to meet the score requirement on the English III EOC
assessment instrument in order to graduate. With the repeal of
the English III EOC assessment as a graduation requirement
by HB 5, 83rd Texas Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, these
students would no longer have any English language arts
assessment graduation requirements.
Section 101.1007 would be amended to stipulate that only an
ELL student enrolled in an English I or an English for Speakers
of Other Languages I course who meets specific eligibility criteria
related to time in U.S. schools and level of English language
proficiency is not required to use the applicable English I EOC
assessment score to meet the state's assessment graduation
requirements. The proposed amendment would require eligible
ELLs to meet the English language arts assessment graduation
requirements using only the English II EOC assessment.
The agency acknowledges the unique circumstances of a spe-
cific subset of ELLs whose engagement with high school English
II course material, due to their limited time in the U.S., depends
on instructional scaffolding and linguistic accommodations and
adaptations that cannot be provided during standardized English
II EOC test administrations. These students will still not be per-
mitted exemptions from the English I test, as participation in this
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