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Chapter 203, and must be recorded in the deed records of a county as
provided in Texas Estates Code, 203.001(a)(2). For attorney's fees,
the property tax lender must provide a statement to the property owner
describing the nature of the title defect and the work performed by the
attorney. The fee for preparing documents is not authorized under this
paragraph if the fee includes any of the following:
(A) recording costs that are not paid to a governmental
entity or a private entity designated by a governmental entity for elec-
tronic recording;
(B) attorney's fees that are not reasonable;
(C) costs that are not necessary in order to address a
defect in title on the real property; or
(D) costs that are not substantiated by receipts or in-
voices that are maintained under 89207(3)(A)(ix)dofbthis title (relating
to Files and Records Required).
(6) Reasonable closing costs. The maximum fees con-
tained in paragraphs (3), (4), and (5) of this subsection constitute
"reasonable closing costs" under Texas Tax Code, 32.06.
(d) Discount points. A property tax lender may not charge any
discount points in connection with a property tax loan. A property tax
lender may not use the term "discount point" to describe any fee or
charge in connection with a property tax loan. This prohibition applies
to all property tax loans, notwithstanding subsection (a).
The agency certifies that legal counsel has reviewed the adop-
tion and found it to be a valid exercise of the agency's legal au-
thority.
Filed with the Office of the Secretary of State on February 23,
2015.
TRD-201500620
Leslie L. Pettijohn
Commissioner
Office of Consumer Credit Commissioner
Effective date: March 15, 2015
Proposal publication date: December 26, 2014
For further information, please call: (512) 936-7621
TITLE 19. EDUCATION
PART 2. TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY
CHAPTER 101. ASSESSMENT
SUBCHAPTER CC. COMMISSIONER'S
RULES CONCERNING IMPLEMENTATION OF
THE ACADEMIC CONTENT AREAS TESTING
PROGRAM
DIVISION 4. PERFORMANCE STANDARDS
19 TAC 101.3041
The Texas Education Agency (TEA) adopts an amendment to
101.3041, concerning student assessment. The amendment
is adopted without changes to the proposed text as published in
the December 19, 2014 issue of the Texas Register (39 TexReg
9775) and will not be republished. The section addressesperformance standards for the State of Texas Assessments
of Academic Readiness (STAAR). The adopted amendment
establishes the revised phase-in performance standards for the
STAAR assessments and establishes in rule a methodology
for converting the STAAR scale scores to a score between 0
and 100. The adopted amendment also maintains the phase-in
1 performance standard for the STAAR program for the
2014-2015 school year.
As determined by the commissioner of education, revised
phase-in academic cut scores for the Level II standard, sat-
isfactory academic performance, are adopted for all general
education STAAR assessments. The Level II standard in-
dicates that students are sufficiently prepared for the next
grade or course. Students who perform at this level generally
demonstrate the ability to think critically and apply the as-
sessed knowledge and skills in familiar contexts. Though these
students have a reasonable likelihood of success in the next
grade or course, they may need short-term, targeted academic
intervention.
Except for English I and English II, where the phase-in 1 Level
II performance standard has been established at one standard
deviation (SD) below the panel recommended standard, the
phase-in 2 standard has been adjusted to fall 0.7 SD below the
panel recommended standard, and the new phase-in 3 standard
will only be 0.3 SD below the panel recommended standard.
The English I andaEnglish II assessments phase-in 1 standard
was established at 0.5 SD below the panel recommended
standard, the phase-in 2 at 0.35 SD, and the phase-in 3 at 0.15
SD. The revised standards are intended to allow for smaller,
incremental improvements toward the final panel recommended
Level II performance measure.
The commissioner has determined that the current phase-in
1 performance standard will be maintained for the 2014-2015
school year. Beginning with the 2015-2016 school year through
the 2017-2018 school year, the phase-in 2 performance stan-
dard will be implemented. The new phase-in 3 performance
standard will become effective beginning in the 2018-2019
school year until the implementation of the final recommended
performance standard in the 2021-2022 school year. The
standard in place when a student first takes an end-of-course
(EOC) assessment is the standard that will be maintained on all
EOC assessments throughout the student's high school career.
Phase-in 1, phase-in 2, phase-in 3, and final recommended cut
scores will be reported in the 2015 statewide test reports.
The Level III standard, advanced academic performance, re-
mains unchanged.
In addition, as required by the Texas Education Code (TEC),
39.025(a), the adopted amendment establishes a methodology
to convert current scale scores to a 0-100 scale. The STAAR
100-point scale will allow for the comparison of a student's
performance with the performance of other students who took
the same STAAR assessment. The 100-point scale is defined
using percentiles, which represent the percentage of students
across the state that took the assessment and received a scale
score less than the scale score of interest. Percentiles are
based on the performance of students who took the paper, on-
line, Braille, and L versions of the assessment during the spring
administration of any given year. Adopted new subsection (e)
establishes and explains the formula to calculate the percentile
for a scale score.ADOPTED RULES March 6, 2015 40 TexReg 1081
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