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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the inclusion of a student representative on a |
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district-level planning and decision-making committee. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 11.251(b) and (e), Education Code, are |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(b) The board shall adopt a policy to establish a district- |
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and campus-level planning and decision-making process that will |
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involve the professional staff of the district, parents, students, |
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and community members in establishing and reviewing the district's |
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and campuses' educational plans, goals, performance objectives, |
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and major classroom instructional programs. The board shall |
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establish a procedure under which meetings are held regularly by |
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district- and campus-level planning and decision-making committees |
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that include representative professional staff, parents of |
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students enrolled in the district, business representatives, and |
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community members. The board of trustees of a school district that |
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includes at least one high school campus shall establish a |
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procedure under which a student representative is included as a |
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member of the district-level committee. The committees shall |
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include a business representative without regard to whether the |
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representative resides in the district or whether the business the |
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person represents is located in the district. The board, or the |
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board's designee, shall periodically meet with the district-level |
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committee to review the district-level committee's deliberations. |
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(e) The board shall adopt a procedure, consistent with |
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Section 21.407(a), for the professional staff in the district to |
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nominate and elect the professional staff representatives who shall |
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meet with the board or the board designee as required under this |
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section. At least two-thirds of the elected professional staff |
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representatives must be classroom teachers. The remaining staff |
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representatives shall include both campus- and district-level |
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professional staff members. Board policy must provide procedures |
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for: |
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(1) the selection of parents to the district-level and |
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campus-level committees; [and] |
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(2) the selection of community members and business |
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representatives to serve on the district-level committee in a |
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manner that provides for appropriate representation of the |
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community's diversity; and |
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(3) the selection of a student representative to the |
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district-level committee. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2009-2010 |
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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, 2009. |