Student transfers from low-ranked schools may increase if the Texas Legislature changes state law and requires school districts to fund transportation costs for transferring students.
The Texas Education Agency identified 924 campuses in Texas last month where students will be able to bail out and enroll at another public school if their parents wish. The total was up 12.5 percent from a year ago and constitutes about 12 percent of the state's schools.
Right now, state law does not require districts to fund transportation costs for students transferring to another school.
2006 campuses with 50% or less of the students passing any reading/ELA, writing, social studies, or science test on the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills the grades tested at the campus in any two of the three years: 2004, 2005 and 2006
Lanc HS under 50 percent math and science all three years; Intermediate science all three years; jr high, math all three years, social studies 2006, Academically Unacceptable 2006; Rolling Hills, math 2005, 2006, unacceptable 2006; Millbrook, math 2005, 2006. DeSoto was about half as bad, Cedar Hill almost no problems and Duncanville none at all.
Texas Education Agency, Office of Accountability and Data Quality Division of Performance Reporting.
http://www.tea.state.tx.us/taa/perfreport121206.html
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