Texas 2009 - 81st Regular

Texas House Bill HB771 Compare Versions

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1	1	81R5185 PAM-F
2	2	By: Howard of Travis H.B. No. 771
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to sanctions available for certain academically
8	8	unacceptable campuses.
9	9	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	10	SECTION 1. Section 39.1323, Education Code, is amended by
11	11	adding Subsection (g) to read as follows:
12	12	(g) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter,
13	13	the commissioner may not impose on a campus for which a campus
14	14	intervention team has been appointed under Section 39.1322(b) any
15	15	additional sanctions until:
16	16	(1) the campus intervention team has completed the
17	17	comprehensive on-site evaluation required under Subsection (a)(1)
18	18	and the comprehensive on-site needs assessment under Subsection
19	19	(b);
20	20	(2) the campus intervention team has made
21	21	recommendations for a school improvement plan as provided by
22	22	Subsection (a)(3); and
23	23	(3) the campus has received any financial or other
24	24	assistance determined necessary under the evaluation process to
25	25	implement the school improvement plan.
26	26	SECTION 2. Sections 39.1324(a), (b), (c), and (d),
27	27	Education Code, are amended to read as follows:
28	28	(a) If a campus has been identified as academically
29	29	unacceptable for two consecutive school years, including the
30	30	current school year, and has been capable as provided by Section
31	31	39.1323(g) of implementing a school improvement plan for two
32	32	complete school years after the appointment of a campus
33	33	intervention team under Section 39.1322(b), the commissioner shall
34	34	order the reconstitution of the campus and assign a campus
35	35	intervention team under this section. In reconstituting the
36	36	campus, a campus intervention team shall assist the campus in:
37	37	(1) developing a revised school improvement plan;
38	38	(2) obtaining approval of the plan from the
39	39	commissioner; and
40	40	(3) executing the plan on approval by the
41	41	commissioner.
42	42	(b) The campus intervention team shall decide which
43	43	educators may be retained at that campus. A principal who has been
44	44	employed by the campus in that capacity during the full two-year
45	45	period during which the campus has been identified as academically
46	46	unacceptable [described by Subsection (a)] may not be retained at
47	47	that campus. A teacher of a subject assessed by an assessment
48	48	instrument under Section 39.023 may be retained only if the campus
49	49	intervention team determines that a pattern exists of significant
50	50	academic improvement by students taught by the teacher. If an
51	51	educator is not retained, the educator may be assigned to another
52	52	position in the district.
53	53	(c) A campus subject to Subsection (a) shall implement the
54	54	revised school improvement plan as approved by the commissioner.
55	55	The commissioner may appoint a monitor, conservator, management
56	56	team, or [a] board of managers to the district to ensure and oversee
57	57	the implementation of the school improvement plan.
58	58	(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter,
59	59	if the commissioner determines that a campus subject to Subsection
60	60	(a) is not fully implementing the revised school improvement plan,
61	61	the commissioner may pursue alternative management of the campus
62	62	under Section 39.1327 or may order closure of the campus.
63	63	SECTION 3. This Act applies beginning with the 2009-2010
64	64	school year.
65	65	SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
66	66	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
67	67	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
68	68	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
69	69	Act takes effect September 1, 2009.