HBA-MPM H.B. 1104 76(R)BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 1104
By: Dunnam
Public Education
9/23/1999
Enrolled


BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

One of the stated objectives for public education found in Chapter 4
(Public Education Mission, Objective, and Goals), Education Code, is for
parents to be full partners with educators in the education of their
children.  Although state law requires that each public school campus have
a campus-level decision-making committee which should include parent
members, these committees have shown mixed results in promoting parental
involvement. 

H.B. 1104 provides for each district campus' improvement plan to include a
program to encourage parental involvement at that campus and gives the
commissioner of education the authority to order the preparation of a
report regarding parental involvement at the campus, as well as a plan
outlining strategies for improvement of this plan, if necessary; and to
order the preparation of a report regarding the effectiveness of a
district's and campus's planning and decision-making committees.  

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does
not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state
officer, department, agency, or institution. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Section 11.253(d), Education Code, to provide that each
campus improvement plan must provide for a program to encourage parental
involvement at the campus. Makes conforming changes. 

SECTION 2.  Amends Section 39.131(b), Education Code, to authorize the
commissioner of education (commissioner) to order the preparation of a
report regarding the parental involvement program at the campus and a plan
describing strategies for improving parental involvement at the campus, if
that campus performance is below any standard under Section 39.073(b)
(Determining Accreditation Status), Education Code, and therefore
considered a low-performing campus.  Section 39.073(b) requires each annual
review to include an analysis of certain indicators to determine district
and campus performance in relation to standards established for each
indicator, required improvement, and comparable improvement.  Additionally,
authorizes the commissioner to order the preparation of a report regarding
the effectiveness of the district- and campus-level planning and
decision-making committees established under Subchapter F (District-Level
and Site-Based Decision-Making), Chapter 11 (School Districts) and a plan
describing strategies for improving the effectiveness of those committees
if the campus is considered to be low-performing. 

SECTION 3.  Makes this Act applicable beginning with the 1999-2000 school
year. 

SECTION 4.  Emergency clause.
  Effective date: upon passage.
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