86R11626 JES-F
 
  By: Allen, Harless H.B. No. 2511
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  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 2019-2020
  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, 2019.