HB 22 (Huberty), which would revise the currently proposed A-F accountability system, was voted out of the House Public Education committee unanimously as substituted on April 4. The bill, among other things, would: reduce the number of categories in which schools and districts get A-F grades, removes the summative rating, makes a distinction between D and F grades, delayed implementation until 2019, and it includes factors other than standardized tests into the final grades.
H.D. Chambers, Alief ISD Superintendent, testified on his support for the bill and concern on the accountability system in general. “I think what frustrates a lot of us, including you guys, is that we’re asking an assessment and accountability system in the state to speak to about 15 different audiences,” Chambers said. “We’re asking this system to do some things that, under my opinion, are impossible.”