Bill Text: TX HB3861 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to a public school campus's election under a campus turnaround plan to operate as a community school.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-05-11 - Placed on General State Calendar [HB3861 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB3861-Comm_Sub.html
| By: Rodriguez of Travis, VanDeaver | H.B. No. 3861 | |
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| relating to a public school campus's election under a campus | ||
| turnaround plan to operate as a community school. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 39.107, Education Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsections (b-13), (b-14) and (b-15) to read as follows: | ||
| (b-13) A campus turnaround plan developed under this | ||
| section may permit a campus to operate as a community school. A | ||
| plan to operate as a community school must include, in addition to | ||
| the other requirements of this section, strategies and programs to | ||
| coordinate academic, social, and health services and reduce | ||
| barriers to learning through partnerships and service | ||
| coordination. | ||
| (b-14) Programs and services offered by a campus operating | ||
| as a community school under a campus turnaround plan may include: | ||
| (1) early childhood education; | ||
| (2) after-school and summer school academic and | ||
| enrichment programs; | ||
| (3) college and career preparation; | ||
| (4) service learning opportunities, such as | ||
| internships and community service programs; | ||
| (5) leadership and mentoring programs; | ||
| (6) activities to encourage community and parent | ||
| engagement in students' education; | ||
| (7) health and social services for students and their | ||
| families; and | ||
| (8) parenting classes. | ||
| (b-15) A campus that elects to operate as a community school | ||
| under a campus turnaround plan must: | ||
| (1) establish a school community partnership team, | ||
| composed of the members required for a campus-level planning and | ||
| decision-making committee under Section 11.251 and additional | ||
| community representatives, to coordinate with the campus | ||
| intervention team for the campus; | ||
| (2) establish a partnership with a lead organization | ||
| that has experience in developing and implementing a community | ||
| school plan; and | ||
| (3) designate a school district employee or an | ||
| employee of an organization with experience in developing and | ||
| implementing a community school plan as the community school | ||
| coordinator for the campus, whose duties must include the | ||
| recruitment and coordination of services from community partners. | ||
| (4) develop a community school plan that satisfies the | ||
| requirements for a campus improvement plan under Section 11.253; | ||
| and | ||
| (5) gain approval for the community school plan from: | ||
| (A) at least 75 percent of campus faculty and | ||
| staff and 75 percent of parents of students enrolled at the school; | ||
| and | ||
| (B) the board of trustees of the school district | ||
| in which the school is located. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 39.107, Education Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsection (s) to read as follows: | ||
| (s) The commissioner may not order the closure of a campus | ||
| under this section without giving the campus the opportunity to | ||
| operate as a community school under a campus turnaround plan and at | ||
| least two years to implement the campus's community school plan. | ||
| 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, 2017. | ||
