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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to membership on the district-level and campus-level |
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planning and decision-making committees in public school |
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districts. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subsections (b) and (e), Section 11.251, |
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Education Code, are 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, and |
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community members in establishing and reviewing the district's and |
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campuses' educational plans, goals, performance objectives, and |
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major classroom instructional programs. The board shall establish |
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a procedure under which meetings are held regularly by district- |
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and campus-level planning and decision-making committees that |
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include representative professional staff, including at least one |
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representative with the primary responsibility for educating |
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students with disabilities, parents of students enrolled in the |
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district, business representatives, and community members. The |
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committees shall include a business representative without regard |
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to whether the representative resides in the district or whether |
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the business the person represents is located in the district. The |
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board, or the board's designee, shall periodically meet with the |
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district-level committee to review the district-level committee's |
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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. The committee membership shall include |
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at least one professional staff representative with the primary |
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responsibility for educating students with disabilities. Board |
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policy must provide procedures 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. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |