TITLE: Relating to including community and student engagement performance in rating school districts and campuses under the public school accountability system.

SUMMARY: Relating to including community and student engagement performance in rating school districts and campuses under the public school accountability system.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to including community and student engagement performance in rating school districts and campuses under the public school accountability system. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 39, Education Code, is amended by adding Section 39.0541 to read as follows: Sec. 39.0541. PERFORMANCE REGARDING COMMUNITY AND STUDENT ENGAGEMENT. (a) In assigning the district or campus a performance rating under Section 39.054, the commissioner, in addition to considering performance on student achievement indicators under Section 39.053(c), shall consider whether a school district or campus has established and supports programs with demonstrated success in increasing parental involvement, student engagement, and high school completion. (b) In adopting rules to evaluate district and campus performance under Section 39.054(a), the commissioner shall develop a method for evaluating the performance of each district and campus that has established programs described by Subsection (a) and the performance of the programs in each of those districts and campuses. (c) For purposes of this section, a program described by Subsection (a) includes: (1) programs that establish a partnership between schools and business and other organizations in school communities to share resources; (2) mentoring programs that foster student academic development; (3) programs that promote financial investment from individuals in the community and business and other community organizations to provide schools with opportunities to establish and sustain an environment of educational excellence; and (4) extracurricular programs. 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.