Bill Text: TX HB3865 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: Relating to the approval and modification of a campus turnaround plan submitted by a school district.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-30 - Referred to Public Education [HB3865 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-HB3865-Introduced.html
 
 
  By: Bernal H.B. No. 3865
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the approval and modification of a campus turnaround
  plan submitted by a school district.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 39.107, Education Code, is amended by
  adding Subsections (b-10), (b-11), and (b-12) to read as follows:
         (b-10)  Not later than June 15 of each year, the commissioner
  shall, in writing, either approve or reject any campus turnaround
  plan prepared and submitted to the commissioner by a district. If
  the commissioner rejects a campus turnaround plan, the commissioner
  must also send the district an outline of the specific concerns
  regarding the turnaround plan that resulted in the rejection.
         (b-11)  If the commissioner rejects a campus turnaround
  plan, the district must submit a modified plan to the commissioner
  for approval not later than September 1. 
         (b-12)  If the agency assists or offers assistance to a
  district in modifying a campus turnaround plan following a
  rejection under Subsection (b-10), the agency may only require
  participation by the district in initiatives that directly relate
  to a concern raised in regard to the rejected campus turnaround plan
  that was identified by the commissioner under Subsection (b-
  10).
         SECTION 2.  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, 2017.
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