Texas 2021 - 87th Regular

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1	1	87R5497 JES-F
2	2	By: Harless H.B. No. 1417
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to the content of a public school campus improvement plan.
8	8	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
9	9	SECTION 1. Section 11.253(d), Education Code, is amended to
10	10	read as follows:
11	11	(d) Each campus improvement plan must:
12	12	(1) assess the academic achievement for each student
13	13	in the school using the achievement indicator system as described
14	14	by Section 39.053;
15	15	(2) set the campus performance objectives based on the
16	16	achievement indicator system, including objectives for special
17	17	needs populations, including students in special education
18	18	programs under Subchapter A, Chapter 29;
19	19	(3) identify how the campus goals will be met for each
20	20	student;
21	21	(4) determine the resources needed to implement the
22	22	plan;
23	23	(5) identify staff needed to implement the plan;
24	24	(6) set timelines for reaching the goals;
25	25	(7) measure progress toward the performance
26	26	objectives periodically to ensure that the plan is resulting in
27	27	academic improvement;
28	28	(8) include goals and methods for violence and
29	29	bullying prevention and intervention on campus and for dropout
30	30	deterrence, including providing a research-based teacher
31	31	development program that provides teachers continuing education
32	32	in:
33	33	(A) creating a nurturing classroom environment;
34	34	(B) developing respectful and caring
35	35	relationships with students;
36	36	(C) promoting student emotional health by
37	37	providing strategies to help students feel valued; and
38	38	(D) providing empathetic teaching techniques
39	39	that may be used to discipline a student's behavior while showing
40	40	respect and care for the student;
41	41	(9) provide for a program to encourage parental
42	42	involvement at the campus that may include evidence-based materials
43	43	or training for parents that focus on:
44	44	(A) instilling a positive self-concept in
45	45	children;
46	46	(B) building resilience in children; and
47	47	(C) providing respectful, positive discipline to
48	48	children at home; and
49	49	(10) if the campus is an elementary, middle, or junior
50	50	high school, set goals and objectives for the coordinated health
51	51	program at the campus based on:
52	52	(A) student fitness assessment data, including
53	53	any data from research-based assessments such as the school health
54	54	index assessment and planning tool created by the federal Centers
55	55	for Disease Control and Prevention;
56	56	(B) student academic performance data;
57	57	(C) student attendance rates;
58	58	(D) the percentage of students who are
59	59	educationally disadvantaged;
60	60	(E) the use and success of any method to ensure
61	61	that students participate in moderate to vigorous physical activity
62	62	as required by Section 28.002(l); and
63	63	(F) any other indicator recommended by the local
64	64	school health advisory council.
65	65	SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2021-2022
66	66	school year.
67	67	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
68	68	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
69	69	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
70	70	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
71	71	Act takes effect September 1, 2021.