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1		-	87R13470 CAE-D
2	1		By: Bernal H.B. No. 220
3		-	Substitute the following for H.B. No. 220:
4		-	By: Dutton C.S.H.B. No. 220
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7	4		A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	5		AN ACT
9	6		relating to establishing resource campuses to improve a public
10	7		school campus not performing satisfactorily.
11	8		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
12	9		SECTION 1. Subtitle H, Title 2, Education Code, is amended
13	10		by adding Chapter 39B to read as follows:
14	11		CHAPTER 39B. RESOURCE CAMPUS
15	12		SUBCHAPTER A. DESIGNATION AS RESOURCE CAMPUS
16	13		Sec. 39B.001. RESOURCE CAMPUS. (a) A school district
17	14		campus that is eligible under Subsection (b) may apply to the
18	15		commissioner to be designated as a resource campus that provides
19	16		quality education and enrichment for campus students.
20	17		(b) To apply to be designated as a resource campus under
21	18		this chapter the campus must have received an overall performance
22	19		rating under Section 39.054 of F for four years over a 10-year
23	20		period of time.
24	21		(c) A campus approved by the commissioner as a resource
25	22		campus under this chapter:
26	23		(1) is exempt from the interventions and sanctions
27	24		provided by Chapter 39A; and
28	25		(2) qualifies for funding as provided by Section
29	26		48.252.
30	27		Sec. 39B.002. CAMPUS EVALUATION TEAM AND NEEDS ASSESSMENT.
31	28		Before a campus submits to the commissioner an application to be
32	29		designated as a resource campus, the campus must:
33	30		(1) form a campus evaluation team that includes:
34	31		(A) the district superintendent;
35	32		(B) classroom teachers;
36	33		(C) a community member;
37	34		(D) a parent or guardian of a student enrolled at
38	35		the campus during any period for which the campus received the F
39	36		overall performance rating; and
40	37		(E) an educator other than a classroom teacher;
41	38		and
42	39		(2) complete an on-site needs assessment as required
43	40		by Section 39A.053, which must include:
44	41		(A) a summary of the extent and quality of
45	42		mentoring and social supports in place for all students and a
46	43		detailed identification of the need for mentoring and support for
47	44		students identified as being at a higher risk of needing additional
48	45		support; and
49	46		(B) an identification of the community services
50	47		and programs active at the campus and information about the
51	48		frequency of use by students and educators of the services and
52	49		programs and the length of time the services and programs have
53	50		operated at the campus.
54	51		Sec. 39B.003. PUBLIC MEETING. After a campus submits an
55	52		application to be designated as a resource campus, the campus must
56	53		conduct a public meeting to review the campus overall performance
57	54		rating and solicit input for the development of the targeted
58	55		improvement plan required under Section 39A.055. The meeting must
59	56		include participation by:
60	57		(1) the principal;
61	58		(2) members of the campus-level planning and
62	59		decision-making committee established under Section 11.251;
63	60		(3) parents of students attending the campus; and
64	61		(4) community members who reside in the school
65	62		district.
66	63		Sec. 39B.004. RECOMMENDATION OF CAMPUS EVALUATION TEAM.
67	64		The campus evaluation team shall:
68	65		(1) determine if the campus would benefit from
69	66		designation as a resource campus; and
70	67		(2) provide recommendations on policies the campus
71	68		must adopt to meet the resource campus program requirements.
72	69		Sec. 39B.005. DECISION OF COMMISSIONER. (a) The
73	70		commissioner shall notify a campus if it has been designated as a
74	71		resource campus not later than the 60th day after the date the
75	72		commissioner receives the request for the designation.
76	73		(b) To allow a resource campus an opportunity to prepare to
77	74		operate as provided by this chapter, including the hiring and
78	75		training of educators, the campus begins the school year as a
79	76		resource campus as provided by this chapter during the second
80	77		school year that begins after approval of the designation by the
81	78		commissioner.
82	79		(c) A decision by the commissioner regarding whether to
83	80		designate a campus as a resource campus is final and may not be
84	81		appealed.
85	82		SUBCHAPTER B. CAMPUS STAFF
86	83		Sec. 39B.051. PRINCIPAL. (a) The principal of a resource
87	84		campus must demonstrate effectiveness in working with high-need
88	85		campuses.
89	86		(b) The person who was principal of the campus before the
90	87		campus was designated as a resource campus may apply to continue as
91	88		principal of the resource campus if the person has the minimum
92	89		experience required by Subsection (c)(1).
93	90		(c) A principal of a resource campus must:
94	91		(1) have at least three years of experience as an
95	92		administrator;
96	93		(2) demonstrate a history of:
97	94		(A) developing a plan for campus improvement; and
98	95		(B) consistently and proactively facilitating
99	96		professional learning communities in implementing and designing
100	97		rigorous and standards-aligned curriculum;
101	98		(3) demonstrate an ability to mentor, support, and
102	99		retain high-quality faculty and staff; and
103	100		(4) demonstrate organizational skills and the ability
104	101		to manage the campus and personal time to accomplish campus goals.
105	102		(d) The principal at a resource campus shall:
106	103		(1) establish protocols to ensure achievement of
107	104		campus goals and targets and continuously analyze any available
108	105		data to monitor, evaluate, and refine the goals and targets;
109	106		(2) develop collective instructional practices that
110	107		are consistent with child development, effective pedagogy, and the
111	108		needs of each student;
112	109		(3) implement and oversee a system of monitoring
113	110		research-based instructional strategies in every classroom;
114	111		(4) provide educators at the campus with timely,
115	112		relevant, and constructive feedback;
116	113		(5) provide multiple sources of progress monitoring
117	114		for teachers to ensure that students are consistently improving;
118	115		(6) collaborate with all campus educators and use
119	116		multiple measures and data from multiple points of the school year
120	117		to complete accurate appraisals of all educators, including
121	118		evidence from observations and formal and informal interactions;
122	119		(7) set specific goals for each educator at the campus
123	120		and actively track the educator's progress;
124	121		(8) use all campus funds in compliance with state and
125	122		federal guidelines and maximize the goals of the campus; and
126	123		(9) implement effective strategies to systematically
127	124		gather input and communication from all campus and community
128	125		stakeholders to ensure that all are an integral part of the campus
129	126		culture.
130	127		Sec. 39B.052. TEACHERS. (a) A teacher at a resource campus
131	128		must have at least three years of teaching experience. The
132	129		principal, after consultation with district administration, has
133	130		sole discretion over the hiring of teachers.
134	131		(b) After a campus receives designation as a resource
135	132		campus, every teacher employed at the campus before the designation
136	133		must apply for a position to continue as a teacher at the campus.
137	134		(c) All rights and protections afforded by current
138	135		employment contracts or agreements are not affected by the resource
139	136		campus program.
140	137		(d) To apply for employment at a resource campus a teacher
141	138		must:
142	139		(1) be rated as accomplished or above on an annual
143	140		evaluation, which must account for at least 50 percent of the
144	141		qualifications required and have been completed during the most
145	142		recent school year;
146	143		(2) demonstrate instructional effectiveness, which
147	144		must account for at least 10 percent of the qualifications required
148	145		and be based on the following:
149	146		(A) a teacher for prekindergarten through second
150	147		grade must include evidence of students reaching learning
151	148		objectives through age-appropriate evaluations;
152	149		(B) a teacher for grades three through five must
153	150		include evidence of:
154	151		(i) students reaching learning objectives
155	152		through age-appropriate evaluations;
156	153		(ii) positive achievement and progress on
157	154		quantitative assessments adopted by the district or the state;
158	155		(iii) if an assessment is not available for
159	156		a subject, the use of related adopted assessments as well as a
160	157		portfolio of results of teacher-developed curriculum-based
161	158		assessments; and
162	159		(iv) effectiveness with high-need
163	160		students; and
164	161		(C) a teacher for grades six through 12 must
165	162		include evidence of:
166	163		(i) students reaching learning objectives
167	164		through age-appropriate evaluations;
168	165		(ii) positive achievement and progress on
169	166		quantitative assessments adopted by the district or state;
170	167		(iii) if an assessment is not available for
171	168		a subject, the use of related adopted assessments as well as a
172	169		portfolio of results of teacher-developed curriculum-based
173	170		assessments; and
174	171		(iv) effectiveness with high-need
175	172		students; and
176	173		(3) if available, have received positive student and
177	174		parent experience surveys developed and approved by the district,
178	175		which must account for at least 15 percent of the qualifications
179	176		required.
180	177		Sec. 39B.053. SCHOOL COUNSELORS. (a) A resource campus
181	178		must employ at least one school counselor for every 300 students.
182	179		(b) The school counselor shall implement a positive
183	180		behavior program as provided by Section 37.0013.
184	181		Sec. 39B.054. SOCIAL SERVICES PROFESSIONAL. A resource
185	182		campus must employ at least one appropriately licensed professional
186	183		to assist with the social and emotional needs of students and staff.
187	184		The person must be a:
188	185		(1) family and community liaison;
189	186		(2) clinical social worker;
190	187		(3) specialist in school psychology; or
191	188		(4) professional counselor.
192	189		SUBCHAPTER C. OPERATION OF CAMPUS
193	190		Sec. 39B.101. EXEMPTION FROM ACCOUNTABILITY INTERVENTIONS
194	191		AND SANCTIONS. The commissioner may not impose a sanction or take
195	192		action against a resource campus under Section 39A.111 for failure
196	193		to satisfy academic performance standards during the first two
197	194		school years of operation as a resource campus. The overall
198	195		performance rating received by the campus during the first two
199	196		school years of operation as a resource campus is not included in
200	197		calculating consecutive school years and is not considered a break
201	198		in consecutive school years under Section 39A.111.
202	199		Sec. 39B.102. ANNUAL APPRAISAL. (a) All educators,
203	200		including the principal, must be evaluated on an annual basis by an
204	201		appropriate supervisor.
205	202		(b) In a manner consistent with Chapter 21, the principal
206	203		may remove an educator if the educator falls below an accomplished
207	204		rating in one or more categories.
208	205		Sec. 39B.103. LOCAL EVALUATION SYSTEM. (a) If a resource
209	206		campus does not use a state evaluation program, the campus must
210	207		develop an appraisal system that is supported by locally adopted
211	208		policy and procedures and complies with Section 21.352.
212	209		(b) The district-level planning and decision-making
213	210		committee established under Section 11.251 shall develop an
214	211		appraisal process and evaluation criteria for all educators,
215	212		including discipline management and the performance of an
216	213		educator's students.
217	214		(c) The appraisal process must include:
218	215		(1) a conference between the educator and the
219	216		appraiser that is diagnostic and prescriptive with regard to
220	217		remediation needed in overall performance by category; and
221	218		(2) criteria based on observable, job-related
222	219		behavior, including:
223	220		(A) the educator's implementation of classroom
224	221		management procedures; and
225	222		(B) the performance of any students assigned to
226	223		the educator.
227	224		(d) The district-level planning and decision-making
228	225		committee shall submit the appraisal process and criteria to the
229	226		superintendent, who shall submit the appraisal process and criteria
230	227		to the board of trustees of the district with a recommendation to
231	228		accept or reject.
232	229		(e) The board of trustees may accept or reject an appraisal
233	230		process and performance criteria, with comments, but may not modify
234	231		the process or criteria.
235	232		Sec. 39B.104. CAMPUS SALARIES; SCHOOL DAY; CLASS SIZE. (a)
236	233		Educators at a resource campus must receive a salary higher than the
237	234		district average.
238	235		(b) The school day at a resource campus must be longer than
239	236		the school day at a similar campus in the district that is not
240	237		designated as a resource campus.
241	238		(c) Class size at a resource campus may not exceed 22
242	239		students for every one teacher.
243	240		(d) Every classroom at a resource campus must have advanced
244	241		technology programs and applications.
245	242		Sec. 39B.105. USE OF ADDITIONAL FUNDING. (a) A portion of
246	243		any additional funding received by the school district under
247	244		Section 48.252 and attributable to the resource campus must be used
248	245		to provide higher salaries for all educators at the resource campus
249	246		as required by Section 39B.104(a). The district shall make every
250	247		effort to provide each educator with a significant salary increase.
251	248		The increased salary provided under this subchapter is a supplement
252	249		to the educator's salary and may not supplant any other increase for
253	250		which the educator is eligible.
254	251		(b) A portion of any additional funding received by the
255	252		school district under Section 48.252 and attributable to the
256	253		resource campus:
257	254		(1) must be used to provide additional technology in
258	255		every classroom at the resource campus; and
259	256		(2) may be used for any needed resource campus
260	257		facility improvements.
261	258		SUBCHAPTER D. RULES; AGENCY ASSISTANCE
262	259		Sec. 39B.151. COMMISSIONER RULES. The commissioner may
263	260		adopt rules necessary to implement this chapter.
264		-	Sec. 39B.152. AGENCY ASSISTANCE. On the request of a
265		-	~~school~~ district, the agency shall assist the district in:
	261	+	Sec. 39B.152. AGENCY ASSISTANCE. On the request of a school
	262	+	district, the agency shall assist the district in:
266	263		(1) applying for designation of a district campus as a
267	264		resource campus; and
268	265		(2) developing and implementing a plan to operate a
269	266		district campus as a resource campus.
270		-	SECTION 2. Section 48.~~252~~(a), Education Code, is amended to
271		-	read as follows:
	267	+	SECTION 2. Section 42.2511(a), Education Code, is amended
	268	+	to read as follows:
272	269		(a) This section applies only to:
273	270		(1) a school district and an open-enrollment charter
274	271		school that enter into a contract to operate a district campus as
275		-	provided by Section 11.174;
	272	+	provided by Section 11.174; [and]
276	273		(2) a charter granted by a school district for a
277	274		program operated by an entity that has entered into a contract under
278	275		Section 11.174, provided that the district does not appoint a
279		-	majority of the governing body of the charter holder; [and]
280		-	(3) a school district that contracts with an
281		-	open-enrollment charter school to jointly operate a campus or
282		-	campus program as provided by Section 11.157(b); and
283		-	(4) a school district that operates a resource campus
	276	+	majority of the governing body of the charter holder; and
	277	+	(3) a school district that operates a resource campus
284	278		as provided by Chapter 39B.
285	279		SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
286	280		a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
287	281		provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
288	282		Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
289	283		Act takes effect September 1, 2021.