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1	1	88R2235 BDP-F
2	2	By: Talarico H.B. No. 2106
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to the implementation of student and family engagement
8	8	plans by school districts.
9	9	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	10	SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 29, Education Code, is
11	11	amended by adding Section 29.927 to read as follows:
12	12	Sec. 29.927. STUDENT AND FAMILY ENGAGEMENT PLANS. (a) Each
13	13	school district shall develop and implement a student and family
14	14	engagement plan for students in each grade level from
15	15	prekindergarten through grade 12 to assist the district in:
16	16	(1) achieving and maintaining high levels of family
17	17	involvement and positive family attitudes toward public education;
18	18	(2) strengthening relationships between students,
19	19	families, district administrators, and teachers;
20	20	(3) creating positive outcomes by increasing positive
21	21	student engagement and developing the student's sense of connection
22	22	to the student's learning environment, including by ensuring that
23	23	the student is:
24	24	(A) actively involved in the student's academic
25	25	achievement; and
26	26	(B) positively motivated to attend school
27	27	regularly and graduate;
28	28	(4) creating opportunities for parents to engage with
29	29	and be directly involved in their child's education; and
30	30	(5) creating a communal campus environment that
31	31	includes students, families, teachers, district staff, and
32	32	community-based organizations that provide resources to students
33	33	for social-emotional and academic development.
34	34	(b) The student and family engagement plans must be based on
35	35	student and parent engagement strategies that:
36	36	(1) are evidence-based and supported by empirical
37	37	research;
38	38	(2) establish a system of communication, updated
39	39	annually based on a district assessment of parent and communication
40	40	needs, between students, families, and school districts that
41	41	includes mailed, electronic, and virtual communications, such as
42	42	phone calls, text messaging, virtual conferences, and e-mail;
43	43	(3) provide support for students who are attending
44	44	school in-person or virtually through counselors, teachers, and
45	45	district staff;
46	46	(4) use diagnostic tools to evaluate the emotional,
47	47	behavioral, and cognitive engagement of students and communicate
48	48	the results to the family of the student;
49	49	(5) include regular meetings with interested persons,
50	50	including community-based organizations, throughout the school
51	51	year regarding the development and implementation of the engagement
52	52	plans;
53	53	(6) are proven to demonstrate significant positive
54	54	short-term and long-term outcomes for early childhood, elementary,
55	55	middle school, and high school education;
56	56	(7) include programs and interventions that engage a
57	57	family in supporting a student's learning at home;
58	58	(8) include programming that is accessible by students
59	59	and families who are bilingual or emergent bilingual;
60	60	(9) are proven to demonstrate solutions that build
61	61	long-lasting generational relationships between school districts
62	62	and families; and
63	63	(10) support virtual or remote learning by promoting
64	64	digital communication and literacy and by ensuring that students
65	65	have access to devices and broadband Internet.
66	66	(c) Each school district shall ensure that student and
67	67	family engagement plans are consistent with the public education
68	68	mission and objectives described by Section 4.001 and accessible to
69	69	students who are educationally disadvantaged.
70	70	(d) In developing student and family engagement plans, a
71	71	school district must collaborate with campus leaders, educators,
72	72	teachers, families, and students at all grade levels to include in
73	73	the student and family engagement plans the strategies described by
74	74	Subsection (b). A school district must provide for a student at the
75	75	middle or high school level to be directly involved in developing
76	76	student engagement plans.
77	77	(e) The agency shall offer administrative support and
78	78	resources to assist school districts with developing and
79	79	implementing student and family engagement plans as provided by
80	80	this section.
81	81	(f) Not later than the 30th instructional day following the
82	82	first day of school, each school district shall post the student and
83	83	family engagement plans on the district's Internet website.
84	84	(g) The agency shall collaborate with other state agencies
85	85	to coordinate and streamline the process for accessing information,
86	86	support, and resources included in a school district's family
87	87	engagement plan.
88	88	(h) A parent-teacher organization or community-based
89	89	organization may submit:
90	90	(1) to the agency recommendations regarding the
91	91	establishment of family engagement strategies; and
92	92	(2) to a school district recommendations regarding the
93	93	development of a student and family engagement plan.
94	94	(i) The agency, in establishing family engagement
95	95	strategies, or a school district, in establishing a student and
96	96	family engagement plan, shall consider any recommendations
97	97	submitted under Subsection (h).
98	98	(j) Each school district shall review the student and family
99	99	engagement plans annually and update the plans at least once every
100	100	two years.
101	101	SECTION 2. Section 29.934(d), Education Code, is amended to
102	102	read as follows:
103	103	(d) To be designated as a resource campus, the campus must:
104	104	(1) implement a targeted improvement plan as described
105	105	by Chapter 39A and establish a school community partnership team;
106	106	(2) adopt an accelerated campus excellence turnaround
107	107	plan as provided by Section 39A.105(b) except that a classroom
108	108	teacher who satisfies the requirements for demonstrated
109	109	instructional effectiveness under Section 39A.105(b)(3) must also
110	110	hold a current designation assigned under Section 21.3521;
111	111	(3) be in a school district that has adopted an
112	112	approved local optional teacher designation system under Section
113	113	21.3521;
114	114	(4) satisfy certain staff criteria by:
115	115	(A) requiring a principal or teacher employed at
116	116	the campus before the designation to apply for a position to
117	117	continue at the campus;
118	118	(B) employing only teachers who have at least
119	119	three years of teaching experience;
120	120	(C) employing at least one school counselor for
121	121	every 300 students; and
122	122	(D) employing at least one appropriately
123	123	licensed professional to assist with the social and emotional needs
124	124	of students and staff, who must be a:
125	125	(i) family and community liaison;
126	126	(ii) clinical social worker;
127	127	(iii) specialist in school psychology; or
128	128	(iv) professional counselor;
129	129	(5) implement a positive behavior program as provided
130	130	by Section 37.0013;
131	131	(6) implement a student and family engagement plan as
132	132	described by Section 29.927 [29.168];
133	133	(7) develop and implement a plan to use high quality
134	134	instructional materials;
135	135	(8) if the campus is an elementary campus, operate the
136	136	campus for a school year that qualifies for funding under Section
137	137	48.0051; and
138	138	(9) annually submit to the commissioner data and
139	139	information required by the commissioner to assess fidelity of
140	140	implementation.
141	141	SECTION 3. Section 29.168, Education Code, is repealed.
142	142	SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
143	143	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
144	144	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
145	145	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
146	146	Act takes effect September 1, 2023.