Bill Text: TX SB895 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the requirements for a school district improvement plan.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-11 - Referred to Education [SB895 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB895-Introduced.html
87R644 MP-F | ||
By: Lucio | S.B. No. 895 |
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relating to the requirements for a school district improvement | ||
plan. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 11.252, Education Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to read as | ||
follows: | ||
(a) Each school district shall have a district improvement | ||
plan that is developed, evaluated, and revised annually, in | ||
accordance with district policy, by the superintendent with the | ||
assistance of the district-level committee established under | ||
Section 11.251. The purpose of the district improvement plan is to | ||
guide district and campus staff in the improvement of student | ||
performance for all student groups in order to attain state | ||
standards in respect to the achievement indicators adopted under | ||
Section 39.053(c). The district improvement plan must include | ||
provisions for: | ||
(1) a comprehensive needs assessment addressing: | ||
(A) district student performance on the | ||
achievement indicators, and other appropriate measures of | ||
performance, that are disaggregated by all student groups served by | ||
the district, including categories of ethnicity, socioeconomic | ||
status, sex, and populations served by special programs, including | ||
students in special education programs under Subchapter A, Chapter | ||
29; and | ||
(B) other appropriate measures of district | ||
performance, including school climate as defined by Subsection | ||
(a-1); | ||
(2) measurable district performance objectives for | ||
all appropriate achievement indicators for all student | ||
populations, including students in special education programs | ||
under Subchapter A, Chapter 29, and other measures of [ |
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performance that may be identified through the comprehensive needs | ||
assessment; | ||
(3) strategies for improvement of student performance | ||
that include: | ||
(A) instructional methods for addressing the | ||
needs of student groups not achieving their full potential; | ||
(B) evidence-based practices that address the | ||
needs of students for special programs, including: | ||
(i) suicide prevention programs, in | ||
accordance with Subchapter G, Chapter 38, which include a parental | ||
or guardian notification procedure; | ||
(ii) conflict resolution programs; | ||
(iii) violence prevention programs; and | ||
(iv) dyslexia treatment programs; | ||
(C) dropout reduction; | ||
(D) integration of technology in instructional | ||
and administrative programs; | ||
(E) positive behavior interventions and support, | ||
including interventions and support that integrate best practices | ||
on grief-informed and trauma-informed care; | ||
(F) staff development for professional staff of | ||
the district; | ||
(G) career education to assist students in | ||
developing the knowledge, skills, and competencies necessary for a | ||
broad range of career opportunities; | ||
(H) accelerated education; [ |
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(I) implementation of a comprehensive school | ||
counseling program under Section 33.005; and | ||
(J) methods for promoting a safe and supportive | ||
school climate as defined by Subsection (a-1); | ||
(4) strategies for providing to elementary school, | ||
middle school, junior high school, and high school students, those | ||
students' teachers and school counselors, and those students' | ||
parents information about: | ||
(A) higher education admissions and financial | ||
aid opportunities, including state financial aid opportunities | ||
such as the TEXAS grant program and the Teach for Texas grant | ||
program established under Chapter 56; | ||
(B) the need for students to make informed | ||
curriculum choices to be prepared for success beyond high school; | ||
and | ||
(C) sources of information on higher education | ||
admissions and financial aid; | ||
(5) resources needed to implement identified | ||
strategies; | ||
(6) staff responsible for ensuring the accomplishment | ||
of each strategy; | ||
(7) timelines for ongoing monitoring of the | ||
implementation of each improvement strategy; | ||
(8) formative evaluation criteria for determining | ||
periodically whether strategies are resulting in intended | ||
improvement of student performance; | ||
(9) the policy under Section 38.0041 addressing sexual | ||
abuse and other maltreatment of children; and | ||
(10) the trauma-informed care policy required under | ||
Section 38.036. | ||
(a-1) For purposes of Subsection (a), "school climate" | ||
means the quality and character of school life, including | ||
interpersonal relationships, teaching and learning practices, and | ||
organizational structures, as experienced by students enrolled in | ||
the school district, parents of those students, and personnel | ||
employed by the district. | ||
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, 2021. |