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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the adoption of a list of performance standards for the |
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removal of a conservator, management team, or board of managers |
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appointed to a school district. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 39A, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 39A.908 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 39A.908. PERFORMANCE STANDARDS FOR REMOVAL OF |
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CONSERVATOR, MANAGEMENT TEAM, OR BOARD OF MANAGERS. (a) The |
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commissioner shall adopt a list of performance standards that a |
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school district to which a conservator, management team, or board |
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of managers has been appointed may meet for the conservator, |
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management team, or board of managers to be removed. |
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(b) The list of performance standards adopted under |
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Subsection (a) must: |
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(1) be based on current law and on nationwide best |
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practices; |
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(2) include: |
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(A) data-driven, school-specific strategies, |
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policies, or practices the conservator, management team, or board |
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of managers intends to implement; |
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(B) the desired outcomes for the strategies, |
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policies, or practices described by Paragraph (A); and |
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(C) data-driven benchmarks and incremental goals |
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for the district to meet for the conservator, management team, or |
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board of managers to be removed; and |
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(3) be published on the agency's Internet website. |
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(c) As soon as practicable after a school district meets all |
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performance standards adopted under Subsection (a), the |
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commissioner shall remove the conservator, management team, or |
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board of managers appointed to the district. |
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SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date |
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of this Act, the commissioner of education shall adopt the list of |
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performance standards as required by Section 39A.908, Education |
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Code, as added by this Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |