89R13866 AND-D
By: Johnson H.B. No. 3939
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to student input for school district and campus
improvement plans.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 11.251, Education Code, is amended by
amending Subsections (b) and (g) and adding Subsection (b-1) to
read as follows:
(b) The board shall adopt a policy to establish a district-
and campus-level planning and decision-making process that will
involve the professional staff of the district, parents, students,
and community members in establishing and reviewing the district's
and campuses' educational plans, goals, performance objectives,
and major classroom instructional programs. The board shall
establish a procedure under which meetings are held regularly by
district- and campus-level planning and decision-making committees
that include representative professional staff, including, if
practicable, at least one representative with the primary
responsibility for educating students with disabilities, parents
of students enrolled in the district, business representatives, and
community members and that may include students enrolled in the
district. The committees shall include a business representative
without regard to whether the representative resides in the
district or whether the business the person represents is located
in the district. The board, or the board's designee, shall
periodically meet with the district-level committee to review the
district-level committee's deliberations.
(b-1) The board shall adopt policies providing avenues for
students to participate in the district- and campus-level planning
and decision-making process, such as by inviting students to attend
committee meetings or providing student input boxes at each campus
through which a student may provide input anonymously.
(g) This section does not:
(1) prohibit the board from conducting meetings with
teachers or groups of teachers other than the meetings described by
this section;
(2) prohibit the board from establishing policies
providing avenues for input from others, including [students or]
paraprofessional staff, in district- or campus-level planning and
decision-making;
(3) limit or affect the power of the board to govern
the public schools; or
(4) create a new cause of action or require collective
bargaining.
SECTION 2. Section 11.252, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (a-1) and amending Subsection (e) to read as
follows:
(a-1) A district improvement plan must identify the student
input that was incorporated into the plan.
(e) The district-level committee established under Section
11.251 shall hold at least one public meeting per year. The
required meeting shall be held after receipt of the annual district
performance report from the agency for the purpose of discussing
the performance of the district and the district performance
objectives. District policy and procedures must be established to
ensure that systematic communications measures are in place to
periodically obtain broad-based community, parent, student, and
staff input and to provide information to those persons regarding
the recommendations of the district-level committee. This section
does not create a new cause of action or require collective
bargaining.
SECTION 3. Sections 11.253(d) and (g), Education Code, are
amended to read as follows:
(d) Each campus improvement plan must:
(1) assess the academic achievement for each student
in the school using the achievement indicator system as described
by Section 39.053;
(2) set the campus performance objectives based on the
achievement indicator system, including objectives for special
needs populations, including students in special education
programs under Subchapter A, Chapter 29;
(3) identify how the campus goals will be met for each
student;
(4) determine the resources needed to implement the
plan;
(5) identify staff needed to implement the plan;
(6) set timelines for reaching the goals;
(7) measure progress toward the performance
objectives periodically to ensure that the plan is resulting in
academic improvement;
(8) include goals and methods for violence prevention
and intervention on campus;
(9) provide for a program to encourage parental
involvement at the campus; [and]
(10) if the campus is an elementary, middle, or junior
high school, set goals and objectives for the coordinated health
program at the campus based on:
(A) student fitness assessment data, including
any data from research-based assessments such as the school health
index assessment and planning tool created by the federal Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention;
(B) student academic performance data;
(C) student attendance rates;
(D) the percentage of students who are
educationally disadvantaged;
(E) the use and success of any method to ensure
that students participate in moderate to vigorous physical activity
as required by Section 28.002(l); and
(F) any other indicator recommended by the local
school health advisory council; and
(11) identify the student input that was incorporated
into the plan.
(g) Each campus-level committee shall hold at least one
public meeting per year. The required meeting shall be held after
receipt of the annual campus rating from the agency to discuss the
performance of the campus and the campus performance objectives.
District policy and campus procedures must be established to ensure
that systematic communications measures are in place to
periodically obtain broad-based community, parent, student, and
staff input, and to provide information to those persons regarding
the recommendations of the campus-level committees.
SECTION 4. This Act applies beginning with the 2025-2026
school year.
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2025.