Bill Text: TX HB3071 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the appointment of a board of managers to govern certain school districts with low-performing campuses.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-19 - Referred to Public Education [HB3071 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-HB3071-Introduced.html

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87R8957 MM-F
By: Coleman H.B. No. 3071

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the appointment of a board of managers to govern certain
school districts with low-performing campuses.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 39A.107, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
(e) Notwithstanding Subsection (c), the commissioner may
not order the appointment of a board of managers to govern a school
district unless at least 15 percent of the campuses in the district
are assigned an unacceptable performance rating.
SECTION 2. Section 39A.111, Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 39A.111. CONTINUED UNACCEPTABLE PERFORMANCE
RATING. (a) If a campus is considered to have an unacceptable
performance rating for three consecutive school years after the
campus is ordered to submit a campus turnaround plan under Section
39A.101, the commissioner, subject to Section 39A.112, shall order:
(1) appointment of a board of managers to govern the
school district as provided by Section 39A.202; or
(2) closure of the campus.
(b) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), the commissioner may
not order the appointment of a board of managers to govern the
school district if at least 90 percent of the campuses in the
district are assigned a performance rating of acceptable or higher.
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.