SRC-SLL, DPW S.B. 1724 76(R)BILL ANALYSIS


Senate Research CenterS.B. 1724
By: Ellis
Education
8/23/1999
Enrolled


DIGEST 

Currently, to receive federal funds from the Safe and Drug Free Schools and
Communities Act program, school districts are required to report on
specific indicators of violence, crime, and drug use.  In school year 1996
- 1997, all but nine school districts reported the required indicators.
This bill requires each school district to report the number, rate, and
type of violent and criminal incidents occurring on each campus, and to
include a provision giving school districts the option of including a
violence prevention and intervention component in their annual campus
improvement plans. 

PURPOSE

As enrolled, S.B. 1724 sets forth content criteria for public school campus
improvement plans and school district performance reports.   

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

This bill does not grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state
officer, institution, or agency. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1. Amends Section 11.253, Education Code, to require each campus
improvement plan to include goals and methods for violence prevention and
intervention on campus, among other things. 

SECTION 2. Amends Section 39.053(a), Education Code, to require an annual
report that describes the educational performance of a district to include
a statement of the number, rate, and type of violent or criminal incidents
that occurred on each district campus, to the extent permitted under the
Family Education Rights and Privacy Act of 1974, 20 U.S.C. Sec. 1232g,
information concerning school violence prevention and violence intervention
policies and procedures that the district is using to protect students, and
the findings that result from evaluations conducted under the Safe and
DrugFree Schools and Communities Act of 1994 (20 U.S.C. Section 7101 et
seq.).  Makes conforming changes. 

SECTION 3. Effective date: September 1, 1999.

SECTION 4. Emergency clause.