Bill Text: TX HB2881 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to establishing resource campuses to improve a public school campus not performing satisfactorily.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-26 - Committee report sent to Calendars [HB2881 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB2881-Comm_Sub.html
86R27715 CAE-D | |||
By: Bernal, Dutton, Meyer, Talarico | H.B. No. 2881 | ||
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2881: | |||
By: VanDeaver | C.S.H.B. No. 2881 |
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relating to establishing resource campuses to improve a public | ||
school campus not performing satisfactorily. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subtitle H, Title 2, Education Code, is amended | ||
by adding Chapter 39B to read as follows: | ||
CHAPTER 39B. RESOURCE CAMPUS | ||
SUBCHAPTER A. DESIGNATION AS RESOURCE CAMPUS | ||
Sec. 39B.001. RESOURCE CAMPUS. (a) A school district | ||
campus that is eligible under Subsection (b) may apply to the | ||
commissioner to be designated as a resource campus that provides | ||
quality education and enrichment for campus students. | ||
(b) To apply to be designated as a resource campus under | ||
this chapter the campus must have received an overall performance | ||
rating under Section 39.054 of F for four years over a 10-year | ||
period of time. | ||
(c) A campus approved by the commissioner as a resource | ||
campus under this chapter: | ||
(1) is exempt from the interventions and sanctions | ||
provided by Chapter 39A; and | ||
(2) qualifies for funding as provided by Section | ||
42.2511. | ||
Sec. 39B.002. CAMPUS EVALUATION TEAM AND NEEDS ASSESSMENT. | ||
Before a campus submits to the commissioner an application to be | ||
designated as a resource campus, the campus must: | ||
(1) form a campus evaluation team that includes: | ||
(A) the district superintendent; | ||
(B) classroom teachers; | ||
(C) a community member; | ||
(D) a parent or guardian of a student enrolled at | ||
the campus during any period for which the campus received the F | ||
overall performance rating; and | ||
(E) an educator other than a classroom teacher; | ||
and | ||
(2) complete an on-site needs assessment as required | ||
by Section 39A.053, which must include: | ||
(A) a summary of the extent and quality of | ||
mentoring and social supports in place for all students and a | ||
detailed identification of the need for mentoring and support for | ||
students identified as being at a higher risk of needing additional | ||
support; and | ||
(B) an identification of the community services | ||
and programs active at the campus and information about the | ||
frequency of use by students and educators of the services and | ||
programs and the length of time the services and programs have | ||
operated at the campus. | ||
Sec. 39B.003. PUBLIC MEETING. After a campus submits an | ||
application to be designated as a resource campus, the campus must | ||
conduct a public meeting to review the campus overall performance | ||
rating and solicit input for the development of the targeted | ||
improvement plan required under Section 39A.055. The meeting must | ||
include participation by: | ||
(1) the principal; | ||
(2) members of the campus-level planning and | ||
decision-making committee established under Section 11.251; | ||
(3) parents of students attending the campus; and | ||
(4) community members who reside in the school | ||
district. | ||
Sec. 39B.004. RECOMMENDATION OF CAMPUS EVALUATION TEAM. | ||
The campus evaluation team shall: | ||
(1) determine if the campus would benefit from | ||
designation as a resource campus; and | ||
(2) provide recommendations on policies the campus | ||
must adopt to meet the resource campus program requirements. | ||
Sec. 39B.005. DECISION OF COMMISSIONER. (a) The | ||
commissioner shall notify a campus if it has been designated as a | ||
resource campus not later than the 60th day after the date the | ||
commissioner receives the request for the designation. | ||
(b) To allow a resource campus an opportunity to prepare to | ||
operate as provided by this chapter, including the hiring and | ||
training of educators, the campus begins the school year as a | ||
resource campus as provided by this chapter during the second | ||
school year that begins after approval of the designation by the | ||
commissioner. | ||
(c) A decision by the commissioner regarding whether to | ||
designate a campus as a resource campus is final and may not be | ||
appealed. | ||
SUBCHAPTER B. CAMPUS STAFF | ||
Sec. 39B.051. PRINCIPAL. (a) The principal of a resource | ||
campus must demonstrate effectiveness in working with high-need | ||
campuses. | ||
(b) The person who was principal of the campus before the | ||
campus was designated as a resource campus may apply to continue as | ||
principal of the resource campus if the person has the minimum | ||
experience required by Subsection (c)(1). | ||
(c) A principal of a resource campus must: | ||
(1) have at least three years of experience as an | ||
administrator; | ||
(2) demonstrate a history of: | ||
(A) developing a plan for campus improvement; and | ||
(B) consistently and proactively facilitating | ||
professional learning communities in implementing and designing | ||
rigorous and standards-aligned curriculum; | ||
(3) demonstrate an ability to mentor, support, and | ||
retain high-quality faculty and staff; and | ||
(4) demonstrate organizational skills and the ability | ||
to manage the campus and personal time to accomplish campus goals. | ||
(d) The principal at a resource campus shall: | ||
(1) establish protocols to ensure achievement of | ||
campus goals and targets and continuously analyze any available | ||
data to monitor, evaluate, and refine the goals and targets; | ||
(2) develop collective instructional practices that | ||
are consistent with child development, effective pedagogy, and the | ||
needs of each student; | ||
(3) implement and oversee a system of monitoring | ||
research-based instructional strategies in every classroom; | ||
(4) provide educators at the campus with timely, | ||
relevant, and constructive feedback; | ||
(5) provide multiple sources of progress monitoring | ||
for teachers to ensure that students are consistently improving; | ||
(6) collaborate with all campus educators and use | ||
multiple measures and data from multiple points of the school year | ||
to complete accurate appraisals of all educators, including | ||
evidence from observations and formal and informal interactions; | ||
(7) set specific goals for each educator at the campus | ||
and actively track the educator's progress; | ||
(8) use all campus funds in compliance with state and | ||
federal guidelines and maximize the goals of the campus; and | ||
(9) implement effective strategies to systematically | ||
gather input and communication from all campus and community | ||
stakeholders to ensure that all are an integral part of the campus | ||
culture. | ||
Sec. 39B.052. TEACHERS. (a) A teacher at a resource campus | ||
must have at least three years of teaching experience. The | ||
principal, after consultation with district administration, has | ||
sole discretion over the hiring of teachers. | ||
(b) After a campus receives designation as a resource | ||
campus, every teacher employed at the campus before the designation | ||
must apply for a position to continue as a teacher at the campus. | ||
(c) All rights and protections afforded by current | ||
employment contracts or agreements are not affected by the resource | ||
campus program. | ||
(d) To apply for employment at a resource campus a teacher | ||
must: | ||
(1) be rated as accomplished or above on an annual | ||
evaluation, which must account for at least 50 percent of the | ||
qualifications required and have been completed during the most | ||
recent school year; | ||
(2) demonstrate instructional effectiveness, which | ||
must account for at least 10 percent of the qualifications required | ||
and be based on the following: | ||
(A) a teacher for prekindergarten through second | ||
grade must include evidence of students reaching learning | ||
objectives through age-appropriate evaluations; | ||
(B) a teacher for grades three through five must | ||
include evidence of: | ||
(i) students reaching learning objectives | ||
through age-appropriate evaluations; | ||
(ii) positive achievement and progress on | ||
quantitative assessments adopted by the district or the state; | ||
(iii) if an assessment is not available for | ||
a subject, the use of related adopted assessments as well as a | ||
portfolio of results of teacher-developed curriculum-based | ||
assessments; and | ||
(iv) effectiveness with high-need | ||
students; and | ||
(C) a teacher for grades six through 12 must | ||
include evidence of: | ||
(i) students reaching learning objectives | ||
through age-appropriate evaluations; | ||
(ii) positive achievement and progress on | ||
quantitative assessments adopted by the district or state; | ||
(iii) if an assessment is not available for | ||
a subject, the use of related adopted assessments as well as a | ||
portfolio of results of teacher-developed curriculum-based | ||
assessments; and | ||
(iv) effectiveness with high-need | ||
students; and | ||
(3) if available, have received positive student and | ||
parent experience surveys developed and approved by the district, | ||
which must account for at least 15 percent of the qualifications | ||
required. | ||
Sec. 39B.053. SCHOOL COUNSELORS. (a) A resource campus | ||
must employ at least one school counselor for every 300 students. | ||
(b) The school counselor shall implement a positive | ||
behavior program as provided by Section 37.0013. | ||
Sec. 39B.054. SOCIAL SERVICES PROFESSIONAL. A resource | ||
campus must employ at least one appropriately licensed professional | ||
to assist with the social and emotional needs of students and staff. | ||
The person must be a: | ||
(1) family and community liaison; | ||
(2) clinical social worker; | ||
(3) specialist in school psychology; or | ||
(4) professional counselor. | ||
SUBCHAPTER C. OPERATION OF CAMPUS | ||
Sec. 39B.101. EXEMPTION FROM ACCOUNTABILITY INTERVENTIONS | ||
AND SANCTIONS. The commissioner may not impose a sanction or take | ||
action against a resource campus under Section 39A.111 for failure | ||
to satisfy academic performance standards during the first two | ||
school years of operation as a resource campus. The overall | ||
performance rating received by the campus during the first two | ||
school years of operation as a resource campus is not included in | ||
calculating consecutive school years and is not considered a break | ||
in consecutive school years under Section 39A.111. | ||
Sec. 39B.102. ANNUAL APPRAISAL. (a) All educators, | ||
including the principal, must be evaluated on an annual basis by an | ||
appropriate supervisor. | ||
(b) In a manner consistent with Chapter 21, the principal | ||
may remove an educator if the educator falls below an accomplished | ||
rating in one or more categories. | ||
Sec. 39B.103. LOCAL EVALUATION SYSTEM. (a) If a resource | ||
campus does not use a state evaluation program, the campus must | ||
develop an appraisal system that is supported by locally adopted | ||
policy and procedures and complies with Section 21.352. | ||
(b) The district-level planning and decision-making | ||
committee established under Section 11.251 shall develop an | ||
appraisal process and evaluation criteria for all educators, | ||
including discipline management and the performance of an | ||
educator's students. | ||
(c) The appraisal process must include: | ||
(1) a conference between the educator and the | ||
appraiser that is diagnostic and prescriptive with regard to | ||
remediation needed in overall performance by category; and | ||
(2) criteria based on observable, job-related | ||
behavior, including: | ||
(A) the educator's implementation of classroom | ||
management procedures; and | ||
(B) the performance of any students assigned to | ||
the educator. | ||
(d) The district-level planning and decision-making | ||
committee shall submit the appraisal process and criteria to the | ||
superintendent, who shall submit the appraisal process and criteria | ||
to the board of trustees of the district with a recommendation to | ||
accept or reject. | ||
(e) The board of trustees may accept or reject an appraisal | ||
process and performance criteria, with comments, but may not modify | ||
the process or criteria. | ||
Sec. 39B.104. CAMPUS SALARIES; SCHOOL DAY; CLASS SIZE. (a) | ||
Educators at a resource campus must receive a salary higher than the | ||
district average. | ||
(b) The school day at a resource campus must be longer than | ||
the school day at a similar campus in the district that is not | ||
designated as a resource campus. | ||
(c) Class size at a resource campus may not exceed 22 | ||
students for every one teacher. | ||
(d) Every classroom at a resource campus must have advanced | ||
technology programs and applications. | ||
Sec. 39B.105. USE OF ADDITIONAL FUNDING. (a) A portion of | ||
any additional funding received by the school district under | ||
Section 42.2511 and attributable to the resource campus must be | ||
used to provide higher salaries for all educators at the resource | ||
campus as required by Section 39B.104(a). The district shall make | ||
every effort to provide each educator with a significant salary | ||
increase. The increased salary provided under this subchapter is a | ||
supplement to the educator's salary and may not supplant any other | ||
increase for which the educator is eligible. | ||
(b) A portion of any additional funding received by the | ||
school district under Section 42.2511 and attributable to the | ||
resource campus: | ||
(1) must be used to provide additional technology in | ||
every classroom at the resource campus; and | ||
(2) may be used for any needed resource campus | ||
facility improvements. | ||
SUBCHAPTER D. RULES; AGENCY ASSISTANCE | ||
Sec. 39B.151. COMMISSIONER RULES. The commissioner may | ||
adopt rules necessary to implement this chapter. | ||
Sec. 39B.152. AGENCY ASSISTANCE. On the request of a | ||
school district, the agency shall assist the district in: | ||
(1) applying for designation of a district campus as a | ||
resource campus; and | ||
(2) developing and implementing a plan to operate a | ||
district campus as a resource campus. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 42.2511(a), Education Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(a) This section applies only to: | ||
(1) a school district and an open-enrollment charter | ||
school that enter into a contract to operate a district campus as | ||
provided by Section 11.174; [ |
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(2) a charter granted by a school district for a | ||
program operated by an entity that has entered into a contract under | ||
Section 11.174, provided that the district does not appoint a | ||
majority of the governing body of the charter holder; and | ||
(3) a school district that operates a resource campus | ||
as provided by Chapter 39B. | ||
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. |