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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to including community and student engagement performance |
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in rating school districts and campuses under the public school |
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accountability system. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 39, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 39.0541 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 39.0541. PERFORMANCE REGARDING COMMUNITY AND STUDENT |
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ENGAGEMENT. (a) In assigning the district or campus a performance |
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rating under Section 39.054, the commissioner, in addition to |
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considering performance on student achievement indicators under |
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Section 39.053(c), shall consider whether a school district or |
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campus has established and supports programs with demonstrated |
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success in increasing parental involvement, student engagement, |
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and high school completion. |
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(b) In adopting rules to evaluate district and campus |
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performance under Section 39.054(a), the commissioner shall |
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develop a method for evaluating the performance of each district |
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and campus that has established programs described by Subsection |
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(a) and the performance of the programs in each of those districts |
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and campuses. |
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(c) For purposes of this section, a program described by |
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Subsection (a) includes: |
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(1) programs that establish a partnership between |
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schools and business and other organizations in school communities |
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to share resources; |
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(2) mentoring programs that foster student academic |
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development; |
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(3) programs that promote financial investment from |
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individuals in the community and business and other community |
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organizations to provide schools with opportunities to establish |
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and sustain an environment of educational excellence; and |
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(4) extracurricular programs. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2013-2014 |
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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, 2013. |