Texas 2009 - 81st Regular

Texas House Bill HB860 Compare Versions

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1	1	81R5243 CAS-D
2	2	By: Veasey H.B. No. 860
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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 subchapter,
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);
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; and
26	26	(4) the campus has two complete school years during
27	27	which to implement the school improvement plan.
28	28	SECTION 2. Sections 39.1324(a), (b), (c), and (d),
29	29	Education Code, are amended to read as follows:
30	30	(a) If a campus has been identified as academically
31	31	unacceptable for two consecutive school years, including the
32	32	current school year, and has been capable as provided by Section
33	33	39.1323(g) of implementing a school improvement plan for two
34	34	complete school years after the appointment of a campus
35	35	intervention team under Section 39.1322(b), the commissioner shall
36	36	order the reconstitution of the campus and assign a campus
37	37	intervention team under this section. In reconstituting the
38	38	campus, a campus intervention team shall assist the campus in:
39	39	(1) developing a revised school improvement plan;
40	40	(2) obtaining approval of the plan from the
41	41	commissioner; and
42	42	(3) executing the plan on approval by the
43	43	commissioner.
44	44	(b) The campus intervention team shall decide which
45	45	educators may be retained at that campus. A principal who has been
46	46	employed by the campus in that capacity during the full two-year
47	47	period during which the campus has been identified as academically
48	48	unacceptable [described by Subsection (a)] may not be retained at
49	49	that campus. A teacher of a subject assessed by an assessment
50	50	instrument under Section 39.023 may be retained only if the campus
51	51	intervention team determines that a pattern exists of significant
52	52	academic improvement by students taught by the teacher. If an
53	53	educator is not retained, the educator may be assigned to another
54	54	position in the district.
55	55	(c) A campus subject to Subsection (a) shall implement the
56	56	revised school improvement plan as approved by the commissioner.
57	57	The commissioner may appoint a monitor, conservator, management
58	58	team, or [a] board of managers to the district to ensure and oversee
59	59	the implementation of the school improvement plan.
60	60	(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter,
61	61	if the commissioner determines that a campus subject to Subsection
62	62	(a) is not fully implementing the revised school improvement plan,
63	63	the commissioner may pursue alternative management of the campus
64	64	under Section 39.1327 or may order closure of the campus.
65	65	SECTION 3. Subchapter G, Chapter 39, Education Code, is
66	66	amended by adding Section 39.1325 to read as follows:
67	67	Sec. 39.1325. CAMPUS NAME CHANGE PROHIBITED.
68	68	Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter, in
69	69	reconstituting a campus, redesigning a campus, or imposing any
70	70	other sanction on a campus under this subchapter, the name of the
71	71	campus may not be changed.
72	72	SECTION 4. This Act applies beginning with the 2009-2010
73	73	school year.
74	74	SECTION 5. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
75	75	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
76	76	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
77	77	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
78	78	Act takes effect September 1, 2009.