Pflugerville - Hutto | September 2022

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Pflugerville, Hutto ISDs earn B scores in 2022 accountability ratings

Recapture ballot measure to come before PfISD voters

Overall The last time Texas school districts received accountability ratings from the Texas Education Agency was in 2019. DISTRICT SCORES PfISD

BY BRIAN RASH

89

2019

PFLUGERVILLE ISD District officials approved a ballot measure that will be included as part of the Nov. 8 general election. The Pflugerville ISD board of trustees voted on the measures at an Aug. 18 meeting, and they will address a bond package, payments required to the state and a tax ratification election. The 2022-23 school year is the first for which PfISD will be subject to recapture payments, or payments back to the state of Texas required of districts considered to be wealthy. Although district staff anticipate a $12 mil- lion recapture payment, PfISD Chief Financial Officer Jennifer Land said the amount is not yet known, and because the 2022-23 school year will be the first time PfISD enters recap- ture status, voter approval is required for the district to send money back to the state. PfISD Chief Communications Officer Tamra Spence said there is no dollar amount attached to the election, and that if passed it will allow the district to purchase attendance credits from the Texas Education Agency in order to fund the recapture payment.

85

2022

BY CARSON GANONG

PFLUGERVILLE & HUTTO ISDS Two local districts earned a B rating through the Texas Education Agency’s 2022 accountability ratings released Aug. 15. Pflugerville and Hutto ISDs received an overall score of 85 out of 100, but scored differently in individual categories. The scores represent a slight drop from the districts’ last ratings in 2019, when PfISD received an 89 and HISD received an 86. The TEA did not give rat- ings in 2020 or 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The TEA determines an overall accountability rating by measuring Student Achievement, School Progress and Closing the Gaps. A district’s Student Achievement score takes into account graduation rates and how well the district’s students perform on the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness—or STAAR— test. PfISD received a score of 87 for Student Achievement, while HISD received a score of 86. Closing the Gaps is a measure of how well a

2019 HISD

Overall

86

85

2022

SOURCE: TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY/COMMUNITY IMPACT NEWSPAPER

district helps all student groups to succeed. PfISD’s Closing the Gaps score was 80, and HISD’s was 83. School Progress measures year-to-year growth in a district’s students compared with students at other schools with economically similar popula- tions. PfISD and HISD received scores of 82 and 85, respectively, in School Progress. The TEA also rates each individual campus within a district on the same criteria. With the passing of Senate Bill 1365, districts and campuses receiving a rating below C on the TEA’s A-F scale are instead listed as “not rated.” More information on TEA accountability ratings is available at https://tea.texas.gov.

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