HBA-MPM H.B. 1104 76(R)BILL ANALYSIS Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 1104 By: Dunnam Public Education 9/23/1999 Enrolled BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE One of the stated objectives for public education found in Chapter 4 (Public Education Mission, Objective, and Goals), Education Code, is for parents to be full partners with educators in the education of their children. Although state law requires that each public school campus have a campus-level decision-making committee which should include parent members, these committees have shown mixed results in promoting parental involvement. H.B. 1104 provides for each district campus' improvement plan to include a program to encourage parental involvement at that campus and gives the commissioner of education the authority to order the preparation of a report regarding parental involvement at the campus, as well as a plan outlining strategies for improvement of this plan, if necessary; and to order the preparation of a report regarding the effectiveness of a district's and campus's planning and decision-making committees. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution. SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS SECTION 1. Amends Section 11.253(d), Education Code, to provide that each campus improvement plan must provide for a program to encourage parental involvement at the campus. Makes conforming changes. SECTION 2. Amends Section 39.131(b), Education Code, to authorize the commissioner of education (commissioner) to order the preparation of a report regarding the parental involvement program at the campus and a plan describing strategies for improving parental involvement at the campus, if that campus performance is below any standard under Section 39.073(b) (Determining Accreditation Status), Education Code, and therefore considered a low-performing campus. Section 39.073(b) requires each annual review to include an analysis of certain indicators to determine district and campus performance in relation to standards established for each indicator, required improvement, and comparable improvement. Additionally, authorizes the commissioner to order the preparation of a report regarding the effectiveness of the district- and campus-level planning and decision-making committees established under Subchapter F (District-Level and Site-Based Decision-Making), Chapter 11 (School Districts) and a plan describing strategies for improving the effectiveness of those committees if the campus is considered to be low-performing. SECTION 3. Makes this Act applicable beginning with the 1999-2000 school year. SECTION 4. Emergency clause. Effective date: upon passage. .