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	1	+	86R2854 MP-F
1	2		By: Rodriguez, VanDeaver, Bernal, H.B. No. 92
2	3		Bell of Kaufman
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5	6		A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	7		AN ACT
7	8		relating to a public school campus's election under a campus
8	9		turnaround plan to operate as a community school.
9	10		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	11		SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 39A, Education Code, is
11	12		amended by adding Section 39A.1011 to read as follows:
12	13		Sec. 39A.1011. CAMPUS TURNAROUND PLAN TO OPERATE AS
13	14		COMMUNITY SCHOOL. (a) A campus turnaround plan may permit a campus
14	15		to operate as a community school. A plan to operate as a community
15	16		school must include, in addition to the other requirements of this
16	17		subchapter, strategies and programs to coordinate academic,
17	18		social, and health services and reduce barriers to learning through
18	19		partnerships and service coordination.
19	20		(b) Programs and services offered by a campus operating as a
20	21		community school under a campus turnaround plan may include:
21	22		(1) early childhood education;
22	23		(2) after-school and summer school academic and
23	24		enrichment programs;
24	25		(3) college and career preparation;
25	26		(4) service learning opportunities, such as
26	27		internships and community service programs;
27	28		(5) leadership and mentoring programs;
28	29		(6) activities to encourage community and parent
29		-	engagement in students' education; and
30		-	(7) parenting classes.
	30	+	engagement in students' education;
	31	+	(7) health and social services for students and their
	32	+	families; and
	33	+	(8) parenting classes.
31	34		(c) A campus that elects to operate as a community school
32	35		under a campus turnaround plan must:
33	36		(1) establish a school community partnership team,
34	37		composed of the members required for a campus-level planning and
35	38		decision-making committee under Section 11.251 and additional
36	39		community representatives, to coordinate with the campus
37	40		intervention team for the campus;
38	41		(2) establish a partnership with a lead organization
39	42		that has experience in developing and implementing a community
40	43		school plan;
41	44		(3) designate a school district employee or an
42	45		employee of an organization with experience in developing and
43	46		implementing a community school plan as the community school
44	47		coordinator for the campus, whose duties must include the
45	48		recruitment and coordination of services from community partners;
46	49		(4) develop a community school plan that satisfies the
47	50		requirements for a campus improvement plan under Section 11.253;
48	51		and
49	52		(5) obtain approval for the community school plan
50	53		from:
51	54		(A) at least 75 percent of campus faculty and
52	55		staff and 75 percent of parents of students enrolled at the campus;
53	56		and
54	57		(B) the board of trustees of the school district
55	58		in which the campus is located.
56	59		SECTION 2. Section 39A.107, Education Code, is amended by
57	60		adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
58		-	(d) Notwithstanding Subsection (c), instead of ordering the
59		-	closure of the campus, the commissioner may give the campus:
60		-	(1) the opportunity to operate as a community school
61		-	under a campus turnaround plan as provided by Section 39A.1011; and
62		-	(2) if the campus elects to operate as a community
63		-	school as described by Subdivision (1), at least two years to
64		-	implement the campus's community school plan.
	61	+	(d) Notwithstanding Subsection (c), the commissioner may
	62	+	not order the closure of a campus under this section without giving
	63	+	the campus the opportunity to operate as a community school under a
	64	+	campus turnaround plan as provided by Section 39A.1011 and at least
	65	+	two years to implement the campus's community school plan.
65	66		SECTION 3. Section 39A.111, Education Code, is amended to
66	67		read as follows:
67	68		Sec. 39A.111. CONTINUED UNACCEPTABLE PERFORMANCE RATING.
68	69		(a) If a campus is considered to have an unacceptable performance
69	70		rating for three consecutive school years after the campus is
70	71		ordered to submit a campus turnaround plan under Section 39A.101,
71	72		the commissioner, subject to Section 39A.112, shall order:
72	73		(1) appointment of a board of managers to govern the
73	74		school district as provided by Section 39A.202; or
74	75		(2) closure of the campus.
75		-	(b) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), instead of ordering the
76		-	closure of the campus, the commissioner may give the campus:
77		-	(1) the opportunity to operate as a community school
78		-	under a campus turnaround plan as provided by Section 39A.1011; and
79		-	(2) if the campus elects to operate as a community
80		-	school as described by Subdivision (1), at least two years to
81		-	implement the campus's community school plan.
	76	+	(b) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), the commissioner may
	77	+	not order the closure of a campus under this section without giving
	78	+	the campus the opportunity to operate as a community school under a
	79	+	campus turnaround plan as provided by Section 39A.1011 and at least
	80	+	two years to implement the campus's community school plan.
82	81		SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
83	82		a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
84	83		provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
85	84		Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
86	85		Act takes effect September 1, 2019.