Texas 2021 - 87th Regular

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2	2	By: Talarico H.B. No. 4091
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to a student experience study for public school students.
8	8	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
9	9	SECTION 1. Section 4.001(b), Education Code, is amended to
10	10	read as follows:
11	11	(b) The objectives of public education are:
12	12	OBJECTIVE 1: Parents will be full partners with educators in
13	13	the education of their children.
14	14	OBJECTIVE 2: Students will be encouraged and challenged to
15	15	meet their full educational potential.
16	16	OBJECTIVE 3: Through enhanced dropout prevention efforts,
17	17	all students will remain in school until they obtain a high school
18	18	diploma.
19	19	OBJECTIVE 4: A well-balanced and appropriate curriculum will
20	20	be provided to all students. Through that curriculum, students
21	21	will be prepared to succeed in a variety of postsecondary
22	22	activities, including employment and enrollment in institutions of
23	23	higher education.
24	24	OBJECTIVE 5: Educators will prepare students to be
25	25	thoughtful, active citizens who have an appreciation for the basic
26	26	values of our state and national heritage and who can understand and
27	27	productively function in a free enterprise society.
28	28	OBJECTIVE 6: Qualified and highly effective personnel will
29	29	be recruited, developed, and retained.
30	30	OBJECTIVE 7: The state's students will demonstrate exemplary
31	31	performance in comparison to national and international standards.
32	32	OBJECTIVE 8: School campuses will maintain a safe and
33	33	disciplined environment conducive to student learning.
34	34	OBJECTIVE 9: Educators will keep abreast of the development
35	35	of creative and innovative techniques in instruction and
36	36	administration using those techniques as appropriate to improve
37	37	student learning.
38	38	OBJECTIVE 10: Technology will be implemented and used to
39	39	increase the effectiveness of student learning, instructional
40	40	management, staff development, and administration.
41	41	OBJECTIVE 11: The State Board of Education, the agency, and
42	42	the commissioner shall assist school districts and charter schools
43	43	in providing career and technology education to students.
44	44	OBJECTIVE 12: Students will be partners with educators and
45	45	administrators in the design, delivery, and success of the
46	46	students' education.
47	47	SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 7, Education Code, is
48	48	amended by adding Sections 7.041 and 7.042 to read as follows:
49	49	Sec. 7.041. STUDENT EXPERIENCE STUDY. (a) Not less than
50	50	once every two years, the agency shall commission a statewide study
51	51	of student experience that must:
52	52	(1) evaluate student experience relating to:
53	53	(A) teacher effectiveness;
54	54	(B) campus culture and climate;
55	55	(C) postgraduate readiness;
56	56	(D) mental health;
57	57	(E) partnership and agency in decision-making;
58	58	(F) safety;
59	59	(G) discipline; and
60	60	(H) rigor and effectiveness;
61	61	(2) report information disaggregated by every student
62	62	subpopulation identified by the agency that includes more than 25
63	63	students;
64	64	(3) use multiple modes of gathering quantitative and
65	65	qualitative data, including surveys, one-on-one interviews, and
66	66	focus groups;
67	67	(4) involve students in the planning and
68	68	implementation of the study; and
69	69	(5) include a representative sample set of suitable
70	70	size and diversity in terms of geography, income, race, learning
71	71	differences, and language abilities.
72	72	(b) Using the results of the statewide student experience
73	73	survey commissioned under Subsection (a), the agency shall:
74	74	(1) identify and track progress toward statewide
75	75	student experience goals;
76	76	(2) provide recommendations to the legislature
77	77	regarding allocation of educational resources;
78	78	(3) provide analysis of the effects of prior state
79	79	legislative enactments applicable to student experience; and
80	80	(4) provide coaching opportunities to school
81	81	districts whose students participate in the study.
82	82	(c) The results of the statewide student experience study
83	83	commissioned under Subsection (a) may not be used for purposes of
84	84	determining compensation for teachers.
85	85	(d) Not later than December 1 of each even-numbered year,
86	86	the agency shall submit a report that includes the results of the
87	87	latest statewide experience study commissioned under Subsection
88	88	(a) and any associated recommendations to:
89	89	(1) the governor and each member of the legislature;
90	90	and
91	91	(2) the superintendent and the president of the board
92	92	of trustees of each school district in this state.
93	93	Sec. 7.042. STUDENT PARTNERSHIP IN EDUCATION. The agency
94	94	shall:
95	95	(1) ensure decision-makers at state and local levels
96	96	are equipped to partner with students in the design, delivery, and
97	97	success of the students' education;
98	98	(2) direct the board of trustees of each school
99	99	district to establish and monitor progress toward at least one goal
100	100	relating to student experience;
101	101	(3) develop or adopt and disseminate tools for school
102	102	districts to assess the extent to which they are partnering with
103	103	students in the design, delivery, and success of students'
104	104	education;
105	105	(4) develop and provide training to school district
106	106	leaders, educators, and students regarding the facilitation of
107	107	partnerships between students and adults in the school
108	108	administration and measures for determining the success of student
109	109	education; and
110	110	(5) develop and provide training for boards of
111	111	trustees of school districts regarding methods to use students as
112	112	partners in the process of governing the boards' districts.
113	113	SECTION 3. Not later than December 1, 2022, the Texas
114	114	Education Agency shall submit the first report that includes the
115	115	results of the statewide student experience study and any
116	116	associated recommendations as required by Section 7.041, Education
117	117	Code, as added by this Act.
118	118	SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
119	119	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
120	120	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
121	121	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
122	122	Act takes effect September 1, 2021.