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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to mandatory sanctions for certain academically |
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unacceptable public school campuses. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 39.1324, Education Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsections (a), (b), and (e) and adding Subsection (a-1) |
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to read as follows: |
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(a) Except as provided by Subsection (a-1), if [If] a campus |
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has been identified as academically unacceptable for two |
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consecutive school years, including the current school year, the |
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commissioner shall order the reconstitution of the campus and |
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assign a campus intervention team. In reconstituting the campus, a |
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campus intervention team shall assist the campus in: |
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(1) developing a school improvement plan; |
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(2) obtaining approval of the plan from the |
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commissioner; and |
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(3) executing the plan on approval by the |
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commissioner. |
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(a-1) The commissioner is not required to take action under |
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Subsection (a) during the second consecutive school year for which |
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a campus is identified as academically unacceptable or, regardless |
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of the continued identification of the campus as academically |
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unacceptable, during the next school year if: |
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(1) the campus demonstrates improvement, as measured |
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from the preceding school year, in relation to performance on the |
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indicator or indicators under Section 39.051 on which the |
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identification as academically unacceptable for the current school |
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year is based; or |
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(2) the identification of the campus as academically |
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unacceptable for the current year is based on a single indicator |
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under Section 39.051 that: |
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(A) was not a basis for identification of the |
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campus as academically unacceptable for the preceding school year; |
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and |
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(B) is based on the performance of a group of |
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students that does not constitute more than 30 percent of the total |
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campus student population. |
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(b) The campus intervention team shall decide which |
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educators may be retained at that campus. A principal who has been |
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employed by the campus in that capacity during the [full two-year] |
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period described by Subsection (a) or (a-1), as applicable, and |
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whose campus has not demonstrated adequate improvement may not be |
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retained at that campus. A teacher of a subject assessed by an |
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assessment instrument under Section 39.023 may be retained only if |
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the campus intervention team determines that a pattern exists of |
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significant academic improvement by students taught by the teacher. |
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If an educator is not retained, the educator may be assigned to |
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another position in the district. |
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(e) If a campus is considered an academically unacceptable |
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campus for the subsequent school year after the campus is |
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reconstituted under this section, the commissioner shall review the |
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progress of the campus and may order closure of the campus or pursue |
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alternative management under Section 39.1327. This subsection does |
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not apply if the identification as academically unacceptable is |
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based on a single indicator under Section 39.051 that: |
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(1) was not a basis for identification of the campus as |
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academically unacceptable for the preceding school year; and |
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(2) is based on the performance of a group of students |
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that does not constitute more than 30 percent of the total campus |
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student population. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2007-2008 |
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school year. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |