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2017 Legislative Summaryfor Texas Charter School Leaders 2017 Legislative Summary for Texas Charter School Leaders 85th TEXAS LEGISLATURE REGULAR SESSION TCSA Legislative Summary for the 85th Regular Session of the Texas Legislature TCSA Legal created this Legislative Summary to provide charter administrators with a useful reference tool to learn about the laws passed by the 85th Regular Session of the Texas Legislature that impact public charter schools. This Legislative Summary contains general summaries of the bills passed during the 85th Regular Session of the Texas Legislature. Please note we have summarized only the sections of a bill that impact public education and have not provided a summary of portions of the bill that do not impact charter schools or school districts. This Legislative Summary is for informational purposes only and we encourage you to review the complete bill. Many of the new laws may require a charter school to re-evaluate its policies and procedures or may require the creation of new policies to comply with statutory and regulatory changes. TCSA offers a series of model board policies designed to aid and educate charter school leaders in the operation and management of their schools. TCSA will update the Model Board Policy Series, Model Student Code of Conduct, and Model Personnel Handbook to reflect these changes in the law, and these updates will be available to current subscribers of the series. More information regarding the TCSA Model Board Policy Series is available on the TCSA website here: www.txcharterschools.org/purchase-model-board-policies/model-board-policy-series. You must not rely on the information in this summary as legal advice or as an alternative to legal advice from your attorney or other professional legal services provider. If you have any specific questions about a particular bill or change in law, you should directly consult TCSA Legal Services, your attorney, or other professional legal services provider. Table of Contents Accountability House Bill 22 / Representative Dan Huberty 13 House Bill 1553 / Representative J.M. Lozano 15 House Bill 2263 / Representative Lance Gooden 16 House Bill 3075 / Representative Dan Huberty 17 Senate Bill 825 / Senator Larry Taylor 18 Senate Bill 1005 / Senator Donna Campbell 19 Senate Bill 1566 / Senator Lois Kolkhorst 20 Senate Bill 1837 / Senator Bryan Hughes 21 Contracts & Procurement Senate Bill 252 / Senator Van Taylor 23 Senate Bill 807 / Senator Brandon Creighton 24 Curriculum & Instruction House Bill 136 / Representative Cecil Bell 27 House Bill 728 / Representative Robert “Bobby” Guerra 28 House Bill 928 / Representative James White 29 House Bill 2537 / Representative Robert “Bobby” Guerra 30 House Bill 3526 / Representative Donna Howard 31 Senate Bill 22 / Senator Larry Taylor 32 Senate Bill 30 / Senator Royce West 33 Senate Bill 490 / Senator Eduardo A. “Eddie” Lucio, Jr. 34 Senate Bill 671 / Senator Donna Campbell 35 Senate Bill 801 / Senator Kel Seliger 36 Senate Bill 810 / Senator Lois Kolkhorst 37 Senate Bill 826 / Senator Larry Taylor 38 Senate Bill 1091 / Senator Kel Seliger 39 Senate Bill 1153/ Senator José Menéndez 40 Senate Bill 1318 / Senator Van Taylor 41 Senate Bill 1843 / Senator Donna Campbell 43 Early Childhood Education House Bill 357 / Representative Dan Huberty 45 House Bill 1593 Dwayne Bohac 46 Table of Contents Health & Safety House Bill 249 / Representative Ana Hernandez 49 House Bill 674 / Representative Eric Johnson 50 House Bill 867 / Representative Jason Villalba 51 House Bill 871 / Representative Kevin Roberts 52 House Bill 1076 / Representative Tom Oliverson 53 House Bill 1111 / Representative Senfronia Thompson 54 House Bill 1935 / Representative John Frullo 55 House Bill 2880 / Representative Harold Dutton, Jr. 56 House Bill 3024 / Representative Four Price 57 House Bill 4056 / Representative Toni Rose 58 Senate Bill 4 / Senator Charles Perry 59 Senate Bill 179 / Senator José Menéndez and Senator Judith Zaffirini 60 Senate Bill 489 / Senator Eduardo A. “Eddie” Lucio, Jr. 63 Senate Bill 1314 / Senator José Rodríguez 64 Senate Bill 1553 / Senator José Menéndez 65 Senate Bill 1566 / Senator Lois Kolkhorst 66 Senate Bill 2039 / Senator Judith Zaffirini 67 Open Government House Bill 8 / Representative Giovanni Capriglione 68 House Bill 523 / Representative Mike Schofield 69 House Bill 2783 / Representative John T. Smithee 70 House Bill 3047 / Representative Tony Dale 71 House Bill 3107 / Representative Trent Ashby 72 Senate Bill 79 / Senator Jane Nelson 73 Senate Bill 564 / Senator Donna Campbell 74 Senate Bill 1440 / Senator Donna Campbell 75 PEIMS Senate Bill 490 / Senator Eduardo A. “Eddie” Lucio, Jr. 77 Senate Bill 1153 /Senator José Menéndez 78 Senate Bill 1404 / Senator Bryan Hughes 79 Senate Bill 2080/ Senator Larry Taylor 80 Public Funds House Bill 1003/ Representative Giovanni Capriglione 82 House Bill 2647 / Representative Phil Stephenson 83 Table of Contents School Employees House Bill 1075 / Representative Ed Thompson 85 House Bill 1426 / Representative Alma A. Allen 86 House Bill 1469 / Representative Ernest Bailes 87 House Bill 1810 / Representative Tony Dale 88 House Bill 1934 / Representative Ina Minjarez 89 House Bill 1978 / Representative J.D. Sheffield 90 House Bill 2552 / Representative Senfronia Thompson 91 Senate Bill 7 / Senator Paul Bettencourt 92 Senate Bill 589 / Senator Eduardo A. “Eddie” Lucio, Jr. 95 Senate Bill 1232 / Senator Joan Huffman 96 School Finance House Bill 1081 / Representative Diana Arévalo 98 Senate Bill 195 / Senator Sylvia R. Garcia 99 Senate Bill 810 / Senator Lois Kolkhorst 100 Senate Bill 1480 / Senator Bryan Hughes* 101 Senate Bill 2084 / Senator Larry Taylor 103 School Operations House Bill 7 / Representative Gene Wu 105 House Bill 53 / Representative Ramon Romero, Jr. 106 House Bill 639 / Representative Charles “Doc” Anderson 107 House Bill 804 / Representative Tony Dale 108 House Bill 897 / Representative Trent Ashby 109 House Bill 1463 / Representative John T. Smithee 110 House Bill 2369 / Representative Alfonso “Poncho” Nevárez 111 House Bill 2442 / Representative Ken King* 112 Senate Bill 276 / Senator Kirk Watson 113 Senate Bill 587 / Senator Donna Campbell 114 Senate Bill 693 / Senator Sylvia R. Garcia 115 Senate Bill 725 / Senator Borris L. Miles 116 Senate Bill 922 / Senator Dawn Buckingham 117 Senate Bill 1177 / Senator Bryan Hughes 118 Senate Bill 1882 / Senator José Menéndez 119 *TCSA Legislative Priority Table of Contents Special Education House Bill 657 / Representative Diego Bernal 123 House Bill 1556 / Representative Mary González 124 House Bill 1886 / Representative Rick Miller 125 House Bill 3632 / Representative Joseph "Joe" Moody 127 Senate Bill 160 / Senator José Rodríguez 128 Senate Bill 748 / Senator Judith Zaffarini 129 Senate Bill 1220 / Senator Borris L. Miles 130 Senate Bill 1398 / Senator Eduardo A. “Eddie” Lucio, Jr. 131 Senate Bill 2141 / Senator Larry Taylor 134 Student Information House Bill 1521 / Representative James White 137 House Bill 1569 / Representative Trent Ashby 138 House Bill 2087 / Representative Gary VanDeaver 139 House Bill 2413 / Cindy Burkett 140 House Bill 3705 / Representative James White 141 Teacher Retirement System House Bill 1428 / Representative John T. Smithee 143 House Bill 3976 / Representative Trent Ashby 144 Senate Bill 1663 / Senator Joan Huffman 146 Senate Bill 1664 / Senator Joan Huffman 148 Senate Bill 1665 / Senator Joan Huffman 149 Texas Education Agency House Bill 264 / Representative Ana Hernandez 151 House Bill 1638 / Representative Ryan Guillen 152 House Bill 2130 / Representative Kevin Roberts 153 House Bill 2729 / Representative Eddie Lucio III 154 Senate Bill 436 / Senator José Rodríguez 155 Senate Bill 810 / Senator Lois Kolkhorst 156 Senate Bill 1220 / Senator Borris L. Miles 157 Senate Bill 1784 / Senator Larry Taylor 158 Senate Bill 1873 / Senator Juan "Chuy" Hinojosa 159 Senate Bill 2105 / Senator Borris L. Miles 160 12 Texas Charter Schools Association ©2017 Accountability House Bill 22 / Representative Dan Huberty the overall rating, the commissioner will consider either the Houston student achievement domain or the school progress domain, whichever is greater, and must attribute at least thirty percent Effective Date: (30%) of the overall score to Domain 3 (closing the gaps). In June 15, 2017 assigning district and campus overall ratings and individual domain ratings, the commissioner shall ensure the method Amending Education Code: used to evaluate performance provides the mathematical §11.252; §11.253; §29.062; §29.202; §39.052 §39.053; possibility that all districts and campuses receive an A rating. §39.054; §39.0548; §39.055; §39.301 District performance ratings issued in August 2018 will be Adding Education Code: A-F. Campus performance ratings issued in August 2018 for §39.001; §39.002; §39.0533; §39.0541; §39.0542; the 2017-2018 school year will be Improvement Required §39.0544; §39.101 or Met Standard. Each school year, the commissioner must produce and provide each district and open-enrollment Bill Summary: charter school a simple and accessible document of 250 HB 22 amends the A-F accountability ratings. This bill condenses words or less that explains the accountability ratings and can the number of domains a district and campus will be evaluated easily be distributed to the parents and school community. under from five domains to three domains, as follows: 1. Student Achievement Campuses and districts that receive an overall or domain 2. School Progress performance of D must implement a targeted improvement 3. Closing
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