School accountability.

Document formatting and structure changed from enrolled act format to standard house bill format with new page numbering and header information.

Digest section added to provide summary of bill purpose, affected citations, and effective date (July 1, 2025).

Section numbering and line breaks reorganized for standard legislative formatting while preserving all original policy provisions.

Repealed provisions requiring schools to be categorized based on statewide assessment scores and performance-based accreditation systems.

Added requirement that new school performance categories must be based on individual student academic performance and growth to proficiency, not peer comparisons.

Added requirement for the state board to obtain assistance from other entities to ensure validity and reliability of performance category placements.

Added eligibility for schools serving students with developmental, intellectual, or behavioral challenges to petition for review of their performance designation when data does not accurately reflect their performance.

Modified timeline to require establishment of new performance categories by November 15, 2013, with existing rules voided on the effective date of new rules.