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This bill makes several significant changes to Texas public school accountability and legal procedures. It modifies how school districts and campuses are rated, evaluated, and held accountable for student performance, introducing more rigorous and nuanced standards for assessing educational quality. The bill establishes new provisions for how industry certifications are evaluated, creates a local accountability grant program, and imposes strict limitations on school districts initiating legal actions against the state. Notably, the bill requires the Texas Education Agency to maintain a list of industry certifications that align with high-wage, high-skill occupations and introduces a requirement that school districts cannot use state or federal funding to initiate legal proceedings against the state. The bill also provides the Commissioner of Education more flexibility in defining performance standards, with a requirement to increase rigor over time to eliminate achievement gaps and improve student preparedness for postsecondary success. Additionally, the bill includes provisions for how interventions and sanctions will be applied to school districts, particularly those that have challenged the state's accountability system, and establishes new rules about how attorney payments can be handled in legal actions involving educational entities.

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