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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to reporting principal turnover information in the |
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performance report of a public school district. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 39.306(a) and (e), Education Code, are |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) Each board of trustees shall publish an annual report |
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describing the educational performance of the district and of each |
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campus in the district that includes uniform student performance |
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and descriptive information as determined under rules adopted by |
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the commissioner. The annual report must also include: |
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(1) campus performance objectives established under |
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Section 11.253 and the progress of each campus toward those |
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objectives, which shall be available to the public; |
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(2) information indicating the district's |
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accreditation status and identifying each district campus awarded a |
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distinction designation under Subchapter G or considered an |
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unacceptable campus under Subchapter E; |
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(3) the district's current special education |
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compliance status with the agency; |
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(4) a statement of the number, rate, and type of |
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violent or criminal incidents that occurred on each district |
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campus, to the extent permitted under the Family Educational Rights |
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and Privacy Act of 1974 (20 U.S.C. Section 1232g); |
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(5) information concerning school violence prevention |
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and violence intervention policies and procedures that the district |
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is using to protect students; |
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(6) the findings that result from evaluations |
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conducted under the Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act |
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of 1994 (20 U.S.C. Section 7101 et seq.); [and] |
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(7) information received under Section 51.403(e) for |
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each high school campus in the district, presented in a form |
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determined by the commissioner; and |
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(8) information concerning principal turnover, |
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including the number of principals: |
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(A) newly employed as a principal in the |
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district; |
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(B) transferred from one campus to another campus |
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in the district; |
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(C) remaining employed by the district in a |
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capacity other than as a principal; |
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(D) leaving the district for employment as a |
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principal in another school district; |
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(E) leaving the district for employment in a |
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capacity other than as a principal in another school district; and |
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(F) leaving employment in public education. |
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(e) The report may include the following information: |
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(1) student information, including total enrollment, |
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enrollment by ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and grade groupings |
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and retention rates; |
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(2) financial information, including revenues and |
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expenditures; |
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(3) staff information in addition to the information |
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required under Subsection (a)(8), including number and type of |
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staff by sex, ethnicity, years of experience, and highest degree |
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held, teacher and administrator salaries, and teacher turnover; |
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(4) program information, including student enrollment |
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by program, teachers by program, and instructional operating |
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expenditures by program; and |
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(5) the number of students placed in a disciplinary |
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alternative education program under Chapter 37. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2017-2018 |
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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, 2017. |