86R11626 JES-F
By: Allen, Harless H.B. No. 2511
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the content of a public school campus improvement plan.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 11.253(d), Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(d) Each campus improvement plan must:
(1) assess the academic achievement for each student
in the school using the achievement indicator system as described
by Section 39.053;
(2) set the campus performance objectives based on the
achievement indicator system, including objectives for special
needs populations, including students in special education
programs under Subchapter A, Chapter 29;
(3) identify how the campus goals will be met for each
student;
(4) determine the resources needed to implement the
plan;
(5) identify staff needed to implement the plan;
(6) set timelines for reaching the goals;
(7) measure progress toward the performance
objectives periodically to ensure that the plan is resulting in
academic improvement;
(8) include goals and methods for violence and
bullying prevention and intervention on campus and for dropout
deterrence, including providing a research-based teacher
development program that provides teachers continuing education
in:
(A) creating a nurturing classroom environment;
(B) developing respectful and caring
relationships with students;
(C) promoting student emotional health by
providing strategies to help students feel valued; and
(D) providing empathetic teaching techniques
that may be used to discipline a student's behavior while showing
respect and care for the student;
(9) provide for a program to encourage parental
involvement at the campus that may include evidence-based materials
or training for parents that focus on:
(A) instilling a positive self-concept in
children;
(B) building resilience in children; and
(C) providing respectful, positive discipline to
children at home; and
(10) if the campus is an elementary, middle, or junior
high school, set goals and objectives for the coordinated health
program at the campus based on:
(A) student fitness assessment data, including
any data from research-based assessments such as the school health
index assessment and planning tool created by the federal Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention;
(B) student academic performance data;
(C) student attendance rates;
(D) the percentage of students who are
educationally disadvantaged;
(E) the use and success of any method to ensure
that students participate in moderate to vigorous physical activity
as required by Section 28.002(l); and
(F) any other indicator recommended by the local
school health advisory council.
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2019-2020
school year.
SECTION 3. 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, 2019.