85R8043 PAM-D     By: Wilson H.B. No. 2782       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   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:                (1)  is not implemented in a manner that provides for a   specific designated distribution of ratings to districts and   campuses under which a designated percentage of districts or   campuses receive an A rating or an F rating; and                (2)  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.  If this   Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this   Act takes effect September 1, 2017.