Bill Text: TX HB231 | 2017 | 85th Legislature 1st Special Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to reporting teacher turnover information in the performance report of a public school district.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-08-01 - Left pending in committee [HB231 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB231-Introduced.html
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| By: Uresti | H.B. No. 231 | |
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| relating to reporting teacher turnover information in the | ||
| performance report of a public school district. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 39.306(a), Education Code, as effective | ||
| September 1, 2017, is amended to read as follows: | ||
| (a) Each board of trustees shall publish an annual report | ||
| describing the educational performance of the district and of each | ||
| campus in the district that includes uniform student performance | ||
| and descriptive information as determined under rules adopted by | ||
| the commissioner. The annual report must also include: | ||
| (1) campus performance objectives established under | ||
| Section 11.253 and the progress of each campus toward those | ||
| objectives, which shall be available to the public; | ||
| (2) information indicating the district's | ||
| accreditation status and identifying each district campus awarded a | ||
| distinction designation under Subchapter G or considered an | ||
| unacceptable campus under Chapter 39A; | ||
| (3) the district's current special education | ||
| compliance status with the agency; | ||
| (4) a statement of the number, rate, and type of | ||
| violent or criminal incidents that occurred on each district | ||
| campus, to the extent permitted under the Family Educational Rights | ||
| and Privacy Act of 1974 (20 U.S.C. Section 1232g); | ||
| (5) information concerning school violence prevention | ||
| and violence intervention policies and procedures that the district | ||
| is using to protect students; | ||
| (6) the findings that result from evaluations | ||
| conducted under the Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act | ||
| of 1994 (20 U.S.C. Section 7101 et seq.); [ |
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| (7) information received under Section 51.403(e) for | ||
| each high school campus in the district, presented in a form | ||
| determined by the commissioner; and | ||
| (8) information concerning teacher turnover, | ||
| including the number of teachers: | ||
| (A) employed as a teacher in the district for: | ||
| (i) not more than 5 years; | ||
| (ii) more than 5 years but not more than 10 | ||
| years; and | ||
| (iii) more than 10 years; | ||
| (B) transferred from one campus to another campus | ||
| in the district; | ||
| (C) remaining employed by the district in a | ||
| capacity other than as a teacher; | ||
| (D) leaving the district for employment as a | ||
| teacher in another school district; | ||
| (E) leaving the district for employment in a | ||
| capacity other than as a teacher in another school district; and | ||
| (F) leaving employment in public education. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 39.306(e), Education Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| (e) The report may include the following information: | ||
| (1) student information, including total enrollment, | ||
| enrollment by ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and grade groupings | ||
| and retention rates; | ||
| (2) financial information, including revenues and | ||
| expenditures; | ||
| (3) staff information in addition to the information | ||
| required under Subsection (a)(8), including number and type of | ||
| staff by sex, ethnicity, years of experience, and highest degree | ||
| held, and teacher and administrator salaries[ |
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| (4) program information, including student enrollment | ||
| by program, teachers by program, and instructional operating | ||
| expenditures by program; and | ||
| (5) the number of students placed in a disciplinary | ||
| alternative education program under Chapter 37. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act applies beginning with the 2017-2018 | ||
| school year. | ||
| SECTION 4. This Act takes effect December 1, 2017. | ||
