By: Rodriguez of Travis, VanDeaver H.B. No. 3861
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to a public school campus's election under a campus
  turnaround plan to operate as a community school.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 39.107, Education Code, is amended by
  adding Subsections (b-13), (b-14) and (b-15) to read as follows:
         (b-13)  A campus turnaround plan developed under this
  section may permit a campus to operate as a community school. A
  plan to operate as a community school must include, in addition to
  the other requirements of this section, strategies and programs to
  coordinate academic, social, and health services and reduce
  barriers to learning through partnerships and service
  coordination.
         (b-14)  Programs and services offered by a campus operating
  as a community school under a campus turnaround plan may include:
               (1)  early childhood education;
               (2)  after-school and summer school academic and
  enrichment programs;
               (3)  college and career preparation;
               (4)  service learning opportunities, such as
  internships and community service programs;
 
               (5)  leadership and mentoring programs;
               (6)  activities to encourage community and parent
  engagement in students' education;
               (7)  health and social services for students and their
  families; and
               (8)  parenting classes.
         (b-15)  A campus that elects to operate as a community school
  under a campus turnaround plan must:
               (1)  establish a school community partnership team,
  composed of the members required for a campus-level planning and
  decision-making committee under Section 11.251 and additional
  community representatives, to coordinate with the campus
  intervention team for the campus;
               (2)  establish a partnership with a lead organization
  that has experience in developing and implementing a community
  school plan; and
               (3)  designate a school district employee or an
  employee of an organization with experience in developing and
  implementing a community school plan as the community school
  coordinator for the campus, whose duties must include the
  recruitment and coordination of services from community partners.
               (4)  develop a community school plan that satisfies the
  requirements for a campus improvement plan under Section 11.253;
  and
               (5)  gain approval for the community school plan from:
                     (A)  at least 75 percent of campus faculty and
  staff and 75 percent of parents of students enrolled at the school;
  and
                     (B)  the board of trustees of the school district
  in which the school is located.
         SECTION 2.  Section 39.107, Education Code, is amended by
  adding Subsection (s) to read as follows:
         (s)  The commissioner may not order the closure of a campus
  under this section without giving the campus the opportunity to
  operate as a community school under a campus turnaround plan and at
  least two years to implement the campus's community school plan.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2017.