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


Senate Research CenterC.S.S.B. 1724
By: Ellis
Education
4/16/1999
Committee Report (Substituted)


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, C.S.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, 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
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.


SUMMARY OF COMMITTEE CHANGES

SECTION 2.

Amends Section 39.053(a), Education Code, to require a certain annual
report 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 certain findings.