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AN ACT
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relating to continued monitoring of certain public school campuses |
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that have been assigned a campus intervention team and the approval |
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and modification of a campus turnaround plan submitted by a school |
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district. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 39.106(e), Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(e) For each year a campus is assigned an unacceptable |
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performance rating, a campus intervention team shall: |
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(1) [continue to work with a campus until:
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[(A)
the campus satisfies all performance
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standards under Section 39.054(e) for a two-year period; or
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[(B)
the campus satisfies all performance
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standards under Section 39.054(e) for a one-year period and the
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commissioner determines that the campus is operating and will
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continue to operate in a manner that improves student achievement;
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[(2)] assist in updating the targeted improvement plan |
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to identify and analyze areas of growth and areas that require |
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improvement; and |
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(2) [(3)] submit each updated plan described by |
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Subdivision (1) [(2)] to the board of trustees of the school |
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district. |
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SECTION 2. Section 39.107, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsections (b-10) and (b-11) to read as follows: |
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(b-10) Not later than June 15 of each year, the commissioner |
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shall, in writing, either approve or reject any campus turnaround |
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plan prepared and submitted to the commissioner by a district. If |
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the commissioner rejects a campus turnaround plan, the commissioner |
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must also send the district an outline of the specific concerns |
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regarding the turnaround plan that resulted in the rejection. |
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(b-11) If the commissioner rejects a campus turnaround |
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plan, the district must create a modified plan with assistance from |
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agency staff and submit the modified plan to the commissioner for |
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approval not later than the 60th day after the date the commissioner |
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rejects the campus turnaround plan. The commissioner shall notify |
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the district in writing of the commissioner's decision regarding |
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the modified plan not later than the 15th day after the date the |
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commissioner receives the modified plan. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 2263 was passed by the House on April |
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20, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 102, Nays 39, 1 present, not |
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voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. |
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No. 2263 on May 26, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 132, Nays 12, |
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1 present, not voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 2263 was passed by the Senate, with |
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amendments, on May 24, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 27, Nays |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: __________________ |
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Governor |