By: Bernal H.B. No. 3865
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to 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 39.107, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsections (b-10), (b-11), and (b-12) 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 submit a modified plan to the commissioner
for approval not later than September 1.
(b-12) If the agency assists or offers assistance to a
district in modifying a campus turnaround plan following a
rejection under Subsection (b-10), the agency may only require
participation by the district in initiatives that directly relate
to a concern raised in regard to the rejected campus turnaround plan
that was identified by the commissioner under Subsection (b-
10).
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2017.