Texas Education Code
§ 11.251 — PLANNING AND DECISION-MAKING PROCESS
ED § 11.251Title 2. PUBLIC EDUCATION · Part C. LOCAL ORGANIZATION AND GOVERNANCE · Ch. 11. SCHOOL DISTRICTS · Art. F. DISTRICT-LEVEL AND SITE-BASED DECISION-MAKING
Statute text
View on source(a)The board of trustees of each independent school district shall ensure that a district improvement plan and improvement plans for each campus are developed, reviewed, and revised annually for the purpose of improving the performance of all students. The board shall annually approve district and campus performance objectives and shall ensure that the district and campus plans:
(1)are mutually supportive to accomplish the identified objectives; and
(2)at a minimum, support the state goals and objectives under Chapter 4.
(b)The board shall adopt a policy to establish a district- and campus-level planning and decision-making process that will involve the professional staff of the district, parents, and community members in establishing and reviewing the district's and campuses' educational plans, goals, performance objectives, and major classroom instructional programs. The board shall establish a procedure under which meetings are held regularly by district- and campus-level planning and decision-making committees that include representative professional staff, including, if practicable, at least one representative with the primary responsibility for educating students with disabilities, parents of students enrolled in the district, business representatives, and community members. The committees shall include a business representative without regard to whether the representative resides in the district or whether the business the person represents is located in the district. The board, or the board's designee, shall periodically meet with the district-level committee to review the district-level committee's deliberations.
(c)For purposes of establishing the composition of committees under this section:
(1)a person who stands in parental relation to a student is considered a parent;
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Legislative history
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 626 (S.B. 778), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2011.