Bill Amendment: TX SB1664 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature

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Bill Title: Relating to the establishment of the school safety technical advisory committee and the school safety accountability program.

Status: 2023-05-06 - Referred to Public Education [SB1664 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-SB1664-Senate_Amendment_S_2_F1-West.html

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Amend SB 1664 (senate committee printing) in SECTION 1 of the bill, adding Subchapter H, Chapter 37, Education Code, as follows:

(1)  In added Section 37.252(a)(1), Education Code (page 2, line 17), strike "nine" and substitute "six".

(2)  In added Section 37.252(a)(1), Education Code (page 2, line 19), strike "one member from each of" and substitute "two members chosen from among".

(3)  Strike added Section 37.252(a)(2), Education Code (page 2, lines 25 through 27), and substitute the following:

(2)  four additional members appointed by the commissioner, including, from either a school district or open-enrollment charter school, at least one member who is a teacher, at least one principal of an elementary school campus, and at least one principal of a high school campus.

(4)  Strike added Section 37.253(c), Education Code (page 2, lines 41 through 45), and substitute the following:

(c)  The chief of school safety and security may lower a school district's or open-enrollment charter school's school safety score or school safety rating on a determination that the district's or school's score as reported under Section 37.254 is substantially inaccurate. A decision by the chief of school safety and security under this subsection is final and not subject to appeal.

(5)  Strike added Section 37.254(a)(2), Education Code (page 2, lines 52 through 57), and substitute the following:

(2)  based on an audit of campus school safety conducted by the district or school applying the metrics of assessment developed under Section 37.255.

(6)  In added Section 37.254, Education Code (page 2, between lines 64 and 65), insert the following subsection:

(c)  The agency shall keep confidential each campus school safety score assigned to a school campus under this section, including the application of each metric to that campus used in determining the score.

(7)  Strike added Section 37.255, Education Code (page 2, line 65 through page 3, line 16), and renumber subsequent sections of added Subchapter H, Chapter 37, Education Code, and cross-references to those sections accordingly.

(8)  In added Section 37.256(b), Education Code (page 3, line 25), strike "The" and substitute "Except as provided by Subsection (d), the".

(9)  Strike added Section 37.256(b)(2)(B), Education Code (page 3, lines 32 through 34), and reletter subsequent paragraphs of the subdivision accordingly.

(10)  Strike added Section 37.256(b)(2)(Q), Education Code (page 4, lines 10 and 11), and reletter subsequent paragraphs of the subdivision accordingly.

(11)  Strike added Section 37.256(c), Education Code (page 4, lines 16 through 21), and substitute the following:

(c)  In developing criteria for the metrics of assessment under Subsection (a), the agency shall account for differences among school district and open-enrollment charter school campuses, including by differentiating how metrics evaluated under Subsection (b)(2) are applied among campuses that:

(1)  are located in rural, urban, or suburban areas;

(2)  have older or more recently constructed facilities; and

(3)  have or do not have student populations in which at least 40 percent of the students are:

(A)  educationally disadvantaged; or

(B)  students at risk of dropping out of school, as defined by Section 29.081(d).

(d)  In developing criteria for metrics of assessment under Subsection (a), the agency shall prioritize harmonizing the criteria and metrics adopted for purposes of this section with any related school safety and security requirements adopted under S.B. 11, Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular Session, 2023. The commissioner may waive the requirement of applying a metric otherwise required in conducting a school safety audit under Subsection (b) to the extent necessary for purposes of harmonizing school safety and security requirements applied to school districts and open-enrollment charter schools under this code.

(12)  In added Section 37.258(b), Education Code (page 4, line 41), between "campus's" and "school", insert "self-reported".

(13)  Strike added Section 37.258(b)(1), Education Code (page 4, line 43), and renumber subsequent subdivisions of the subsection accordingly.

(14)  In added Section 37.258(c), Education Code (page 4, line 47), strike ""exceeds standards," "meets standards,"" and substitute ""meets standards"".

(15)  In added Section 37.259(b), Education Code (page 4, between lines 61 and 62), insert the following subdivision and renumber subsequent subdivisions of the subsection accordingly:

(3)  specify a process for implementing the plan;

(16)  In added Section 37.259, Education Code (page 5, between lines 16 and 17), insert the following subsections:

(g)  Except as provided by this subsection and Subsections (h) and (i), the agency and a school district or open-enrollment charter school required to prepare a remediation plan shall keep that requirement, the remediation plan, and the implementation process for the plan confidential. The district or school may disclose information related to a remediation plan prepared under this section only as necessary for purposes of preparing and implementing the remediation plan and only to school personnel, who must keep the disclosed information confidential.

(h)  Following the implementation of a remediation plan by the deadline established under Subsection (e), a school district or open-enrollment charter school may provide a written notice that the district or school was required to prepare a remediation plan under this section and has completed implementation of that plan to district or school employees and parents of or persons standing in parental relation to students enrolled in the district or school.

(i)  The chief of school safety and security may publicly disclose that a school district or open-enrollment charter school has been assigned a final school safety rating of "does not meet standards" only if the chief determines by a preponderance of the evidence that the district or school, after receiving a preliminary school safety rating of "does not meet standards," is able but has refused to prepare or implement a remediation plan adequate to receive a revised school safety rating of "meets standards" under this section.

(17)  In the section heading to added Section 37.260, Education Code (page 5, line 17), between "CONFIDENTIALITY" and the underlined period, insert "FROM PUBLIC DISCLOSURE".

(18)  In added Section 37.262(a), Education Code (page 5, line 40), between "state" and the underlined period, insert ", unless disclosure of a campus's rating is prohibited under this subchapter".