Section 1 of the bill refines the current requirement that districts evaluate their accelerated instruction by requiring an analysis of the effectiveness of each at-risk program in their improvement plans.  The Commissioner would be required to ensure district compliance.

 Section 1 of the bill also requires that Texas Education Agency (TEA) evaluations of accelerated instruction programs be systematic and that the evaluation results organized and shared with districts.  The bill allows TEA to fund this activity with a set-aside from the compensatory education allotment if existing resources are not sufficient.  Therefore section 1 is cost-neutral to the state; it is also assumed that ensuring district compliance regarding evaluating accelerated instruction would necessarily be a component of the agency's systematic evaluation.

Section 2 creates a dropout data oversight committee.  It is assumed that the administrative demands the committee would place on TEA would be minimal and within available resources.

Section 3 requires the Texas Education Agency to systematically evaluate the effectiveness of accelerated instruction and support programs. 

This bill would partially implement recommendation ED 2 from the Comptroller's e-Texas report, Limited Government, Unlimited Opportunity.