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TASB Post-Legislative Conference

TASB Post-Legislative Conference. Governmental Relations Division Texas Association of School Boards. Accountability, Governance and Liability Jackie Lain Associate Executive Director TASB Governmental Relations. SB 759 (Williams/Eissler) Assessments – “Forms and Norms” (pg. 13).

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TASB Post-Legislative Conference

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  1. TASB Post-Legislative Conference Governmental Relations Division Texas Association of School Boards

  2. Accountability, Governance and Liability Jackie LainAssociate Executive DirectorTASB Governmental Relations

  3. SB 759 (Williams/Eissler) Assessments – “Forms and Norms” (pg. 13) • Repeals 3 year time limit for how long districts can use same benchmark test • Allows testing companies to use 8 year old data for computing national norms of averages of test results • Effective immediately upon signature of the Governor

  4. HB 3 (Eissler/Shapiro) Accountability – Guiding Principles (pg. 21) • Establish Postsecondary Readiness as the state’s goal • Ensure rigor and relevance of course work • Ease pressure on students / teachers/ principals • Promote sharing of best practices • Use carrots before sticks

  5. HB 3 (Eissler/Shapiro) Accountability – Graduation Plans • More difficult to go onto Minimum Program • Maintains 4 x 4 for Recommended/Advanced Programs • Maintains 2 foreign language credits under RHSP; 3 foreign language credits under Advanced Program • Reduces PE to 1 credit; maintains 1 credit of Fine Arts • Allows 6 elective credits under RHSP; 5 elective credits under Advanced Program

  6. HB 3 (Eissler/Shapiro) Accountability – Promotion/Accelerated Inst. • If student fails TAKS in grades other than 5th and 8th: • District must offer Accelerated Instruction (AI) • District matrix governs promotion/retention decisions - matrix must consider: Teacher recommendation, student course grades and assessment scores • If student fails TAKS in 5th and 8th grade: • Retains current laws re: GPC and retesting • Student must complete AI to be promoted • If promoted, must have “highly qualified teachers”

  7. HB 3 (Eissler/Shapiro) Accountability – End-of-Course (EOC) Exams • Which tests must students take? • Minimum Program – EOCs for enrolled courses • RHSP/Advanced – all EOCs required for graduation • EOC score counts 15% of final course grade • To graduate, a student must: • Earn a cumulative score and on all EOCs and minimum score on each EOC exam taken • For RHSP: must pass Algebra II and English III EOCs • For Advanced: must meet college readiness standard on Algebra II and English III EOCs

  8. HB 3 (Eissler/Shapiro) Accountability – EOCs (cont.) • Two performance standards on TAKS and EOCs • Passing standard • College Readiness standard • Performance standards must be vertically aligned on all tests • Transition Plan to implement EOCs by 2011-12 school year

  9. HB 3 (Eissler/Shapiro) Two-Tiered Accreditation System District Accreditation • Ratings: “Accredited,” “Accredited-Warned,” “Accredited-Probation” Tier One: Accountability • Campus Accountability based on Academic Performance • District Accountability based on Academic and Financial Performance • Ratings: “Acceptable”/ “Unacceptable”

  10. HB 3 (Eissler/Shapiro) Tier One: Academic Accountability • New student achievement indicators: • state assessments (% passing, improved, CR, improved); • dropout and completion rates (grades 9-12); • graduation rates • New assessment and dropout rate exemptions • Ratings based on current year or 3 year average • Ratings based on meeting 85% of achievement indicators • Standards will increase annually to achieve state’s goals

  11. HB 3 (Eissler/Shapiro) Tier One: Financial Accountability • Separate systems for districts and charter schools • Eliminates external benchmarks: 65% Rule, Spending Targets • Efficiency ranking to determine higher performers • New “Early Warning System” and Financial Solvency Review • District must submit financial plan to TEA if deficit projected within 3 years

  12. HB 3 (Eissler/Shapiro)Two-Tiered Accreditation System (cont.) Tier Two: Distinctions • Pre-requisite: “Acceptable” accountability rating • Campus and District–“Recognized”/ “Exemplary” rating for: • High percentage of CR students • High percentage of students on target to meet CR std • Campuses – can earn additional distinctions for: Improvement, Academic Achievement, Reducing Achievement Gap, Fine Arts, PE, 21st Century Workforce Development and Second Languages

  13. HB 3 (Eissler/Shapiro) Interventions and Sanctions • Improvement plans must be targeted • Requires greater board and community participation • Commissioner has greater discretion to delay or expedite sanctions • Allows additional year for improvement between reconstitution and repurposing/alt. mgt./closure • Commissioner prohibited from ordering campus name change

  14. HB 3 (Eissler/Shapiro) Career & Technology Education • Strengthens link between workforce and CTE courses • SBOE must approve applied Math and Science courses • CTE course can substitute for Math or Science credit under RHSP if : • Student has completed Algebra II or Physics • CTE course is endorsed as a credit-bearing college course or a prerequisite • CTE course covers all the Math/Science TEKS for the course • Creates two CTE – related grant programs

  15. HB 3 (Eissler/Shapiro) Implementation Timeline • Effective immediately - applies beginning with 2009-10 school year • Commissioner must develop plan to transition to new accountability system by 12/2010 • Except: middle school fine arts applies in 2010-11 • Except: new accountability indicators/standards must be implemented in 2011-12; new ratings begin 2012-13; CR factored in to ratings 2013-14 • Interventions / Sanctions based on Commissioner’s timeline – but exceptions may apply immediately

  16. HB 3 (Eissler/Shapiro) Accountability Bill’s Goals • Establish Postsecondary Readiness as the state’s goal • Ensure rigor and relevance of course work • Ease pressure on students / teachers / principals • Promote sharing of best practices • Use carrots before sticks

  17. HB 3 (Eissler/Shapiro) Other Good News • Eliminates Uniform GPA • Eliminates online assessments mandate • Limits application of TxPEP to principals employed in year leading to rating (08-09) And to reiterate … • Eliminates 65% Rule • Eliminates State Spending Targets

  18. SB 90 (Van de Putte/Geren) Interstate Military Compact (pg. 49) • Texas becomes part of “Interstate Commission on Educational Opportunity for Military Students” • Goal: Facilitate Inter-district transfers for military dependents • Texas school district must comply with “Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children” – trumps local district policies

  19. SB 90 (Van de Putte/Geren) Interstate Military Compact (cont.) Compact requires districts to: • Allow students additional time to get vaccinations • Allow students excused absences before/after parent’s deployment • Honor class and program placements from prior school • Facilitate participation in extra-curricular activities • Facilitate on-time graduation by: • Accepting other states’ tests • Waiving course pre-requisite • Allowing alternate methods for completing required courses/tests

  20. SB 90 (Van de Putte/Geren) Interstate Military Compact (cont.) • TEA is the “State Council” – coordinate functions of state agencies, school districts, and military installations • TEA will appoint a “military family education liaison” to assist families • Participating states may be suspended/terminated if they don’t comply with Compact

  21. TASB Post-Legislative Conference Governmental Relations Division Texas Association of School Boards

  22. Appropriations, School Finance, Taxes & Personnel Dominic GiarrataniAssistant DirectorTASB Governmental Relations

  23. SB 1 (Ogden/Pitts) General Appropriations Act (pg. 67) • 2010-11 state budget • Appropriates $182.3 billion from state and federal sources • Dedicates $49.2 billion to the Texas Education Agency and the public school system and $4 billion for the Teachers Retirement System

  24. SB 1 (Ogden/Pitts)General Appropriations Act • SB 1 includes funding for: • House Bill 3646, School Finance • Textbooks • District Awards for Teacher Excellence Program • Instructional Facilities Allotment • Existing Debt Allotment

  25. SB 1 (Ogden/Pitts) General Appropriations Act • SB 1 includes funding for: • Science lab renovations • Implementation of House Bill 130 • School Bus Seatbelt Program • A number of smaller items

  26. SB 1 (Ogden/Pitts) General Appropriations Act • Allocates funds from the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act • Retains state fiscal stabilization fund at state level • Remaining funds will go directly to school districts to be used for Title I, IDEA and other federal programs

  27. SB 1 (Ogden/Pitts) General Appropriations Act • Riders of Interest: • Intent on Proclamations 2011 and 2012 • Prohibition on vouchers

  28. HB 3646 (Hochberg/Shapiro) School Finance (pg. 9) • Increases district maintenance and operations (M&O) revenue by a minimum of $120 per weighted average daily attendance (WADA) • Sets basic allotment at $4,765 • Mandates a pay raises for district employee • Creates several new allotments

  29. HB 3646 (Hochberg/Shapiro) School Finance • Eliminates Texas Educator Excellence Grant (TEEG) Program • Extends mid-size adjustment to Chapter 41 schools • Automatically rolls forward the eligibility date for the existing debt allotment each biennium • Establishes a new state bond guarantee program

  30. HB 3646 (Hochberg/Shapiro) School Finance • Allows districts to adopt a tax rate based on estimated property values • Allows districts to lower and then increase their M&O tax rate under certain circumstances without a rollback election • Requires district compliance with the School Bus Seatbelt Program only if compliance costs are reimbursed by the State

  31. HB 3646 (Hochberg/Shapiro) School Finance • Creates a Select Committee during the interim charged with studying school finance • Makes a number of additional tweaks to school finance and to programs of interest to public schools

  32. HB 3676 (Heflin/Seliger)Economic Development Act (pg. 65) • HB 3676 (Heflin): • Extends the expiration date of the Texas Economic Development Act from 2011 to 2014 • Limits a district’s payments in lieu of taxes to $100/ADA/year • Creates a new process to override a comptroller’s negative recommendation

  33. Property Tax • HB 8 (Otto/Williams) – Allows the Property value study to be performed every two years (pg. 60) • SB 873 (Harris/Otto) – Requires appraisal districts to be accessible to taxpayers electronically (pg. 68) • HB 3613 (Otto/Williams) – Homes valued as a residence and not at its highest and best use (pg. 65)

  34. Personnel – Employee Leave • HB 1470 (Thibaut/Van de Putte) – Districts must inform employees of their right to assault leave (pg. 40) • SB 522 (Averitt/Eissler) – Districts may not restrict the order in which an employee may take either state or local leave (pg. 42)

  35. Personnel • HB 2512 (Aycock/Davis, Wendy) – District staff may make an audio recording at grievance proceedings (pg. 40) • HB 1365 (Eissler/Shapiro) – Districts must forward the service records to the next district employing that individual (pg. 40)

  36. Personnel – Teacher Benefits & Mentoring • HB 709 (Rose/Watson) – Districts may provide stipends to nationally certified teachers (pg. 39) • SB 1290 (Van de Putte/Farias) – Districts may assign mentors to teachers inexperienced in subject/grade level to which assigned (pg. 42) • HB 3347 (Truitt/Duncan) – Authorizes one-time retiree payment (pg. 41)

  37. TASB Post-Legislative Conference Governmental Relations Division Texas Association of School Boards

  38. School District Operations, Elections and Higher Education Ruben LongoriaAssistant DirectorTASB Governmental Relations

  39. HIGHER EDUCATION

  40. SB 175 (Shapiro/Branch)Top Ten Percent (pg. 19) • Only affects UT Austin starting with 2011-12 • 75% cap on first-time resident undergraduates • No more legacy admissions • Scholarship for automatic admission students • Limits admission for out-of-state students • Written notice of student’s eligibility • Top 10 percent would be top 9 percent

  41. SB 174 (Shapiro/Branch) Higher Education Accountability (pg. 19) • Amends the Accountability System for Educator Certification • SBOE sets standards for educator preparation programs and certification fields • Online résumés of all colleges and universities • Enrollment, degrees awarded, costs, financial aid, admissions and student success

  42. HB 2480 (Hochberg/Seliger)Joint High School/Jr. College Courses (pg. 17) • Agreement between district and junior college • Applies to dual credit courses • High school does not have to be located in a specific junior college district for service • Further expands opportunities for junior colleges to offer dual credit courses outside of their service areas

  43. HB 1935 (Villarreal/Duncan)Jobs and Education Trust Fund (pg. 17) • Grants available to public junior colleges, technical institutes and eligible nonprofits • Designed to prepare students for career in high-demand technical fields • Texas Green Job Skills Development fund • Green industry opportunities

  44. PUBLIC INFORMATION ACT

  45. SB 1629 (Wentworth/Rose) Exemptions from Prepayment Costs (pg. 15) • Current law allows districts to recover costs from PIA requests • Exemptions are for radio, television and print newspapers • Proposed law clarifies exemption newspapers of general circulation published on the internet • Magazines published once a month

  46. SB 1182 (Wentworth/Ortiz, Jr.)Public Information Requests (pg. 14) • Litigation between attorney general and governmental bodies • Challenge attorney general’s decision • Attorney General to verify information is indeed confidential • Requestor to get a copy of district’s letter sent to the attorney general

  47. SB 1068 (Wentworth/Gallego)Attorney General’s Decision (pg. 14) • Withhold information without an attorney general’s decision • Applies to employees and trustees • Home address, phone number, social security number or list of family members • Attorney general to inform requestor reasons for withholding certain public information

  48. ELECTIONS AND POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENTS

  49. SB 1970 (Duncan/Smith, Todd)Certain Election Procedures (pg. 8) • Special elections • Bond and rollback election • Cancellation of elections • First day to file for candidacy • Changes the amount of deposit for a recount • Emergency ballots and voting system technicians

  50. SB 1134 (Duncan/Berman)Students Serving as Election Clerks (pg. 7) • Applies to high school students – public, private or home-schooled students • Must be 16 years old • Consent of parents or guardian • School district to excuse student • Experience can apply towards school project

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