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


Senate Research Center   S.B. 1724
76R7330 CAS-DBy: Ellis
Education
4/12/1999
As Filed


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 would require 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 proposed, 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 authorize a campus
improvement plan to include goals and methods for violence and intervention
on campus.  Requires the campus-level planning and decision-making
committee to appoint a subcommittee composed of parents and teachers to
make recommendations to the committee concerning the student code of
conduct adopted under Section 37.001, other safety issues, conflict
resolution programs, and teacher training for intervening in violent
situations.  Makes conforming changes. 

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, 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 Drug-Free 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.