Texas 2017 - 85th Regular

Texas House Bill HB185 Compare Versions

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1	1	85R2555 CAE-D
2	2	By: Bernal H.B. No. 185
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to reporting principal turnover information in the
8	8	performance report of a public school district.
9	9	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	10	SECTION 1. Sections 39.306(a) and (e), Education Code, are
11	11	amended to read as follows:
12	12	(a) Each board of trustees shall publish an annual report
13	13	describing the educational performance of the district and of each
14	14	campus in the district that includes uniform student performance
15	15	and descriptive information as determined under rules adopted by
16	16	the commissioner. The annual report must also include:
17	17	(1) campus performance objectives established under
18	18	Section 11.253 and the progress of each campus toward those
19	19	objectives, which shall be available to the public;
20	20	(2) information indicating the district's
21	21	accreditation status and identifying each district campus awarded a
22	22	distinction designation under Subchapter G or considered an
23	23	unacceptable campus under Subchapter E;
24	24	(3) the district's current special education
25	25	compliance status with the agency;
26	26	(4) a statement of the number, rate, and type of
27	27	violent or criminal incidents that occurred on each district
28	28	campus, to the extent permitted under the Family Educational Rights
29	29	and Privacy Act of 1974 (20 U.S.C. Section 1232g);
30	30	(5) information concerning school violence prevention
31	31	and violence intervention policies and procedures that the district
32	32	is using to protect students;
33	33	(6) the findings that result from evaluations
34	34	conducted under the Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act
35	35	of 1994 (20 U.S.C. Section 7101 et seq.); [and]
36	36	(7) information received under Section 51.403(e) for
37	37	each high school campus in the district, presented in a form
38	38	determined by the commissioner; and
39	39	(8) information concerning principal turnover,
40	40	including the number of principals:
41	41	(A) newly employed as a principal in the
42	42	district;
43	43	(B) transferred from one campus to another campus
44	44	in the district;
45	45	(C) remaining employed by the district in a
46	46	capacity other than as a principal;
47	47	(D) leaving the district for employment as a
48	48	principal in another school district;
49	49	(E) leaving the district for employment in a
50	50	capacity other than as a principal in another school district; and
51	51	(F) leaving employment in public education.
52	52	(e) The report may include the following information:
53	53	(1) student information, including total enrollment,
54	54	enrollment by ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and grade groupings
55	55	and retention rates;
56	56	(2) financial information, including revenues and
57	57	expenditures;
58	58	(3) staff information in addition to the information
59	59	required under Subsection (a)(8), including number and type of
60	60	staff by sex, ethnicity, years of experience, and highest degree
61	61	held, teacher and administrator salaries, and teacher turnover;
62	62	(4) program information, including student enrollment
63	63	by program, teachers by program, and instructional operating
64	64	expenditures by program; and
65	65	(5) the number of students placed in a disciplinary
66	66	alternative education program under Chapter 37.
67	67	SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2017-2018
68	68	school year.
69	69	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
70	70	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
71	71	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
72	72	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
73	73	Act takes effect September 1, 2017.