H.B. No. 2263
AN ACT
relating to continued monitoring of certain public school campuses
that have been assigned a campus intervention team and the approval
and modification of a campus turnaround plan submitted by a school
district.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 39.106(e), Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(e) For each year a campus is assigned an unacceptable
performance rating, a campus intervention team shall:
(1) [continue to work with a campus until:
[(A) the campus satisfies all performance
standards under Section 39.054(e) for a two-year period; or
[(B) the campus satisfies all performance
standards under Section 39.054(e) for a one-year period and the
commissioner determines that the campus is operating and will
continue to operate in a manner that improves student achievement;
[(2)] assist in updating the targeted improvement plan
to identify and analyze areas of growth and areas that require
improvement; and
(2) [(3)] submit each updated plan described by
Subdivision (1) [(2)] to the board of trustees of the school
district.
SECTION 2. Section 39.107, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsections (b-10) and (b-11) to read as follows:
(b-10) Not later than June 15 of each year, the commissioner
shall, in writing, either approve or reject any campus turnaround
plan prepared and submitted to the commissioner by a district. If
the commissioner rejects a campus turnaround plan, the commissioner
must also send the district an outline of the specific concerns
regarding the turnaround plan that resulted in the rejection.
(b-11) If the commissioner rejects a campus turnaround
plan, the district must create a modified plan with assistance from
agency staff and submit the modified plan to the commissioner for
approval not later than the 60th day after the date the commissioner
rejects the campus turnaround plan. The commissioner shall notify
the district in writing of the commissioner's decision regarding
the modified plan not later than the 15th day after the date the
commissioner receives the modified plan.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2263 was passed by the House on April
20, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 102, Nays 39, 1 present, not
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
No. 2263 on May 26, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 132, Nays 12,
1 present, not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2263 was passed by the Senate, with
amendments, on May 24, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 27, Nays
4.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________
Date
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Governor