Bill Text: TX HB1417 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the content of a public school campus improvement plan.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-05-03 - Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) [HB1417 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB1417-Introduced.html
| 87R5497 JES-F | ||
| By: Harless | H.B. No. 1417 | |
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| relating to the content of a public school campus improvement plan. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 11.253(d), Education Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| (d) Each campus improvement plan must: | ||
| (1) assess the academic achievement for each student | ||
| in the school using the achievement indicator system as described | ||
| by Section 39.053; | ||
| (2) set the campus performance objectives based on the | ||
| achievement indicator system, including objectives for special | ||
| needs populations, including students in special education | ||
| programs under Subchapter A, Chapter 29; | ||
| (3) identify how the campus goals will be met for each | ||
| student; | ||
| (4) determine the resources needed to implement the | ||
| plan; | ||
| (5) identify staff needed to implement the plan; | ||
| (6) set timelines for reaching the goals; | ||
| (7) measure progress toward the performance | ||
| objectives periodically to ensure that the plan is resulting in | ||
| academic improvement; | ||
| (8) include goals and methods for violence and | ||
| bullying prevention and intervention on campus and for dropout | ||
| deterrence, including providing a research-based teacher | ||
| development program that provides teachers continuing education | ||
| in: | ||
| (A) creating a nurturing classroom environment; | ||
| (B) developing respectful and caring | ||
| relationships with students; | ||
| (C) promoting student emotional health by | ||
| providing strategies to help students feel valued; and | ||
| (D) providing empathetic teaching techniques | ||
| that may be used to discipline a student's behavior while showing | ||
| respect and care for the student; | ||
| (9) provide for a program to encourage parental | ||
| involvement at the campus that may include evidence-based materials | ||
| or training for parents that focus on: | ||
| (A) instilling a positive self-concept in | ||
| children; | ||
| (B) building resilience in children; and | ||
| (C) providing respectful, positive discipline to | ||
| children at home; and | ||
| (10) if the campus is an elementary, middle, or junior | ||
| high school, set goals and objectives for the coordinated health | ||
| program at the campus based on: | ||
| (A) student fitness assessment data, including | ||
| any data from research-based assessments such as the school health | ||
| index assessment and planning tool created by the federal Centers | ||
| for Disease Control and Prevention; | ||
| (B) student academic performance data; | ||
| (C) student attendance rates; | ||
| (D) the percentage of students who are | ||
| educationally disadvantaged; | ||
| (E) the use and success of any method to ensure | ||
| that students participate in moderate to vigorous physical activity | ||
| as required by Section 28.002(l); and | ||
| (F) any other indicator recommended by the local | ||
| school health advisory council. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2021-2022 | ||
| school year. | ||
| 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, 2021. | ||
