By Garcia                                               H.B. No. 75
         77R721 CAS-D                           
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to public school campus report cards.
 1-3           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-4           SECTION 1. Section 39.052(b), Education Code, as amended by
 1-5     Chapters 396 and 1514, Acts of the 76th Legislature, Regular
 1-6     Session, 1999, is reenacted and amended to read as follows:
 1-7           (b)  The report card shall include the following information
 1-8     where applicable:
 1-9                 (1)  the academic excellence indicators adopted under
1-10     Sections 39.051(b)(1) through (9);
1-11                 (2)  average class size by grade level and subject;
1-12     [and]
1-13                 (3)  administrative and instructional costs per
1-14     student;
1-15                 (4)  the percentage of students whose parent had
1-16     personal contact with the student's teacher during the school year
1-17     concerning the student's education;
1-18                 (5)  the percentage of students  whose parent responded
1-19     to written or oral communication from school personnel for which a
1-20     response was requested;
1-21                 (6)  the percentage of students transferring to the
1-22     campus and the percentage of students transferring from the campus,
1-23     determined in the manner prescribed by rule adopted by the
1-24     commissioner;
 2-1                 (7)  the percentage of students having unexcused
 2-2     voluntary absences for the amount of time specified under Section
 2-3     51.03(b)(2), Family Code; and
 2-4                 (8)  the percentage of students graduating and the
 2-5     percentage of graduating students accepted by a junior college or
 2-6     senior college or university, determined in the manner prescribed
 2-7     by rule adopted by the commissioner.
 2-8           SECTION 2. Section 39.052, Education Code, is amended by
 2-9     amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (d) to read as
2-10     follows:
2-11           (c)  The commissioner shall adopt rules for requiring
2-12     dissemination of appropriate class size and student performance
2-13     portions of campus report cards and of the information prescribed
2-14     by Subsections (b)(4)-(7) and Sections 39.051(b)(2) and (3)
2-15     annually to the parent[, guardian, conservator, or other person
2-16     having lawful control] of each student at the campus.  On written
2-17     request, the school district shall provide a copy of a campus
2-18     report card to any other party.
2-19           (d)  In this section:
2-20                 (1)  "Parent" includes the guardian, conservator, or
2-21     other person having lawful control of a student.
2-22                 (2)  "Personal contact" includes contact:
2-23                       (A)  at a parent-teacher conference;
2-24                       (B)  through a visit to the school by the
2-25     student's parent;
2-26                       (C)  through a visit to the student's home by the
2-27     student's teacher;
 3-1                       (D)  by telephone; and
 3-2                       (E)  through written correspondence.
 3-3           SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately and applies to
 3-4     public school campus report cards beginning with campus report
 3-5     cards for the 2001-2002 school year.