Bill Text: TX HB980 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the content of public school campus improvement plans.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-04-23 - Left pending in committee [HB980 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB980-Introduced.html
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| By: Harless | H.B. No. 980 | |
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| relating to the content of public school campus improvement plans. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 11.253, Education Code, is amended by | ||
| amending Subsection (d) and adding Subsection (d-1) to read as | ||
| follows: | ||
| (d) Each campus improvement plan must: | ||
| (1) assess the academic achievement for each student | ||
| in the school using the student achievement indicator system as | ||
| described by Section 39.053; | ||
| (2) set the campus performance objectives based on the | ||
| student 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 prevention | ||
| and intervention on campus; | ||
| (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 or [ |
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| activity as required by Section 28.002(l); and | ||
| (F) any other indicator recommended by the local | ||
| school health advisory council. | ||
| (d-1) Each campus improvement plan may include goals and | ||
| methods for dropout deterrence, prevention of bullying, and | ||
| academic improvement on campus, including ongoing, research-based | ||
| teacher enrichment programs that focus on: | ||
| (1) creating a nurturing classroom environment; | ||
| (2) developing respectful, caring relationships with | ||
| students; and | ||
| (3) developing a positive self-concept in students. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2013-2014 | ||
| 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, 2013. | ||
