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Moving from Reconstitution to Turnaround Plan
House Bill 1842
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House Bill 1842 Legislative Intent to Minimize Duplication
• Campus Turnaround Plans • Public Meetings on Plans • Innovation Districts
Author: Aycock
Topics: Innovation Zones, Monitoring Reviews, Special Accreditation Visits, Campus Intervention Teams, Campus Turnaround, Student Trustees
Chapter 39
HB 1842
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House Bill 1842 Full implementation in 2016-2017
Immediate implications for 2015-2016,
based on August 7th ratings:
• New 1st year IR campuses – No Impact (re: HB1842) • New 2nd year IR campuses – Reconstitution plans do not have to
be developed or submitted for approval • 3rd year IR campuses – Implement their reconstitution plans per
previous requirements • 4th year and above IR campuses – Continue implementation of
current improvement initiatives, including any ongoing elements of their reconstitution plans
Agency will be working as quickly as possible to create new guidelines and rules by early 2016 for these campuses to develop and submit for approval a school turnaround plan for implementation in the 2016-17 school year.
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House Bill 1842 Transition Chart
• TEA has developed a chart that outlines the
transition timeline for current IR campuses to the new HB 1842 requirements.
• This chart specifically addresses the issue of campus closure and board of managers for those campuses that do not meet academic accountability requirements within a specified time frame.
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Years IR HB 1842 Short-term Impact
(2015-2016)
1st Year Current Chapter 39 requirements1842
2nd Year No reconstitution plan now
Turnaround plan later
3rd Year Implement approved reconstitution plan
Turnaround plan later
4th & 5th Year Continue current initiatives
Turnaround plan later
(2018-2019)
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2015-2016 2016-2017
2017-2018
2018-2019
CIT Targeted IP
Transition to Turnaround
Plan
CIT Targeted IP
Implement Turnaround
Plan
CIT Targeted IP
Implement Turnaround
Plan
Closure or Board of
Managers
Proposed Timeline for Multi-Year IR Campuses (as of August 2015)
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House Bill 1842 Board of Managers (BOM)
• If commissioner does NOT approve turnaround plan, then must order:
• Appointment of Board Of Managers
• Alternative management for the school (term of not more than 5 years)
• Closure
• Specific criteria must be met for a district to repurpose a closed school
• BOM can only be removed if the campus receives acceptable ratings for 2 consecutive years
• After each of the last 3 years of appointment, 1/3rd of BOM shall be replaced by elected trustees
• Commissioner can replace BOM if relevant campus receives unacceptable ratings for 2 more years
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House Bill 1842 Rules
• TEA is in the process of finalizing draft rules and hope to have them posted for public comment within the next month (December 2015).
• These rules will clarify timelines and procedures not only for developing turnaround plans, but also the TAIS process for all IR campuses.
• Given that the rules will not be ready for final adoption until March 2016 at the earliest
• TEA will be providing some clarification for campuses transitioning to a turnaround plan throughout this school year.
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House Bill 1842 Turnaround Plan Development
• TEA expects to have turnaround plan template available in mid to
late January for campus distribution. • While awaiting for the template to be finalized, TEA wishes to stress
that campuses and districts should begin thinking and planning about their turnaround plans now.
• Statute does provide some parameters about what the plan will have to include and we will be aligning those parameters with key components of the TAIS framework.
• Critical Areas: – 1) Include any systemic changes that have been put in place on a
specific campus within the past year; – 2) think about any new initiatives they want to, or are thinking of,
implementing over the next couple of years; and – 3) consider how these initiatives fit into the Support Systems ring of
the TAIS framework (capacity and resources; communication; organization structure; and policies/procedures)
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House Bill 1842 Training
• TEA is developing trainings for DCSIs and principals that will be available in February 2016 (TBA 2/11 & 12)
• Concrete details on mode and location for these trainings in the next month.
– optional face-to-face training for principals in early February; and
– a required virtual training for DCSIs in the same time period.
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House Bill 1842 Timeline
For multi-year IR campuses (2nd year and above) to transition to turnaround plans this spring:
Late 2015/Early 2016—Public comment period on Chapter 97 rules
Mid-late January 2016—release turnaround plan template
February 2016—trainings for DCSIs, PSPs, and principals
March 2016—Final adoption of Chapter 97 rules
Late spring 2016 —submission of turnaround plans to TEA
Early summer 2016 —Commissioner approval of turnaround plans
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House Bill 1842 Innovation Zones
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• Districts with acceptable ratings can become “Innovation Zones”
• Can exercise same statutory flexibility as do charters
• Streamlined procedures for high-performing charters to expand
• Charter revocation/non-renewal procedures include opportunity to meet with commissioner and submit additional information
• Commissioner must respond in writing to the information in a final decision
House Bill 1842 Innovation Zones
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House Bill 1842 Innovation Zones
• Establishes innovation zone designations to allow campuses to develop local initiatives to improve educational outcomes.
• Allows consideration of such designations to be initiated by board resolution or by a petition signed by a majority of a district-level committee.
• Outlines other aspects of the process and procedures for innovation designation.
• Establishes eligibility for participation that requires a school district’s most recent performance rating to be at least “acceptable.”
• Requires a district’s local innovation plan to include innovative curriculum, instructional methods, and provisions regarding community participation, campus governance, and parental involvement.
• Allows exemption from certain state laws, similar to flexibility provided to charter schools.
• Limits a campus designation as an innovation zone to no more than five years.
• Addresses amendment, rescission, renewal, and terminations by the commissioner and allows the commissioner to adopt rules.
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Contacts
Dr. Tina McIntyre, Administrator Office of School Improvement, Accountability and Compliance
956-984-6027 [email protected]
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