HBA-CCH H.B. 1293 77(R) BILL ANALYSIS Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 1293 By: Garcia Public Education 4/2/2001 Introduced BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Current law does not require the commissioner of education (commissioner) to order closure of a campus whose performance is below a certain standard of quality for education. In establishing greater accountability standards for schools in the state, it may be important to establish orders of closure for schools whose performance standards are consistently less than adequate. House Bill 1293 requires the commissioner to order closure of a campus that has been low-performing for any three years in a five-year period. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution. ANALYSIS House Bill 1293 amends the Education Code to require the commissioner of education (commissioner) to order closure of the school program on a campus that has been a low-performing campus for any three years in a five-year period. The commissioner is authorized to allow the campus to continue to operate if the commissioner approves a written report submitted by the school district that includes an explanation for the campus's low performance and a proposed plan for improving the campus's performance no later than the following school year. The bill provides that a rating of a campus as low-performing for the 20002001 school year or an earlier school year is not aggregated with ratings for the 2001-2002 school year and later school years. EFFECTIVE DATE September 1, 2001. The Act applies beginning with the 2001-2002 school year.