(a) For purposes of evaluating performance under § 39.053(c), the commissioner shall designate as a dropout recovery school a school district or an open-enrollment charter school or a campus of a district or of an open-enrollment charter school:
(1) that:
(A) serves students in grades 9 through 12 and has an enrollment of which at least 60 percent of the students are 16 years of age or older as of September 1 of the school year as reported for the fall semester Public Education Information Management System (PEIMS) submission; or
(B) applies for and receives designation as a dropout recovery school in accordance with commissioner rule; and
(2) that meets the eligibility requirements for and is registered under alternative education accountability procedures adopted by the commissioner.
(b) Notwithstanding § 39.053(c)(1)(B)(ix), the commissioner shall use the alternative completion rate under this subsection to determine the graduation rate indicator under § 39.053(c)(1)(B)(ix) for a dropout recovery school. The alternative completion rate shall be the ratio of the total number of students who graduate, continue attending school into the next academic year, or receive a high school equivalency certificate to the total number of students in the longitudinal cohort of students.

(c) Notwithstanding § 39.053(c)(1)(B)(ix), in determining the performance rating under § 39.054 of a dropout recovery school, the commissioner shall include any student described by § 39.053(g-1) who graduates or receives a high school equivalency certificate.
(d) Notwithstanding § 39.053(c), for purposes of evaluating a dropout recovery school under the accountability procedures adopted by the commissioner to determine the performance rating of the school under § 39.054, only the best result from the primary administration or any retake of an assessment instrument administered to a student in the school year evaluated may be considered.