89R8546 GP-F
By: Cook, Alvarado S.B. No. 1764
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to accountability interventions for certain school
districts with low-performing campuses.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 39A.111, Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 39A.111. CONTINUED UNACCEPTABLE PERFORMANCE RATING.
If 10 percent of campuses in a school district are [a campus is]
considered to have an unacceptable performance rating for five
consecutive school years, the commissioner, subject to Section
39A.112, may [shall] order:
(1) appointment of a board of managers to govern the
school district as provided by Section 39A.202; or
(2) any action authorized under Section 39A.002
[closure of the campus].
SECTION 2. Section 39A.209(a), Education Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(a) Notwithstanding Section 39A.208, the commissioner shall
[may] remove a board of managers appointed to govern a school
district under Subchapter C [only] if each [the] campus that was the
basis for the appointment of the board of managers under Section
39A.111 receives an acceptable performance rating for two
consecutive school years.
SECTION 3. 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.