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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to alternative public school accountability |
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interventions. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 8, is amended by adding |
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Section 8.063 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 8.063. REGIONAL EDUCATION SERVICE CENTER INTERVENTION |
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TEAM AND PROGRAM. (a) Each regional education service center may |
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create an intervention team composed of seven members as follows: |
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(1) the executive director of the regional education |
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service center; and |
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(2) the six superintendents employed by school |
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districts with the highest performance ratings in the area served |
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by the regional education service center. |
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(b) Each regional education service center intervention |
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team created under (a) shall develop an alternative intervention |
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program for districts and campuses in the area served by the |
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regional education service center that are subject to Chapter 39A |
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interventions and sanctions. |
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(c) Each regional education service center that has created |
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an intervention team and developed an alternative intervention |
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program shall submit a written report to the commissioner |
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identifying the intervention team members and the components of the |
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alternative intervention program. |
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SECTION 2. Subchapter A, Chapter 39A, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 39A.008 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 39A.008. OPTIONAL ALTERNATIVE INTERVENTION. (a) |
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Prior to the closure of a campus or the appointment of a board of |
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managers for a school district or campus under this chapter, the |
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commissioner may, in the alternative, place the campus or school |
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district under the oversight of a regional education service center |
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intervention team for the implementation of intervention measures |
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as provided under the program developed by the team under Section |
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8.063. |
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(b) If the commissioner makes an election under (a) and a |
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campus or school district receives an unacceptable performance |
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rating for two consecutive school years after such election, the |
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commissioner shall order: |
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(1) appointment of a board of managers to govern the |
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district or campus as provided by Subchapter E; or |
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(2) closure of the campus. |
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SECTION 3. Section 39A.008, Education Code, as added by |
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this Act, applies only to a school district that is subject to an |
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intervention or sanction on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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A school district subject to an intervention or sanction before the |
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effective date of this Act is governed by the law as it existed |
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immediately before the effective date of this Act, and that law is |
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continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |