Sec. 28.0053. DUAL LANGUAGE EDUCATION PILOT PROJECT: COMMUNITY EDUCATIONAL PIPELINE PROGRESS TEAM

(a) Each school district or campus participating in the dual language education pilot project under Section 28.0052 shall establish a community educational pipeline progress team to assist in developing and implementing the dual language education pilot project.

(b) The board of trustees of a participating school district or of a school district in which a participating campus is located shall appoint individuals to the team. The team must include educators, district-level administrators, and parents of students who attend a participating campus. The team may include community leaders and any other persons identified by the board of trustees as having research-based knowledge regarding second-language learning.

(c) The team shall develop an academic improvement plan that describes the manner in which the pilot project should be implemented in the participating school district or campus. In developing the academic improvement plan, the team shall consider:

(1) the educational problems in the district or at the campus that could be mitigated through the implementation of the pilot project; and

(2) the technological and nontechnological resources that are necessary to ensure successful implementation of the pilot project.

(d) The team shall recommend to the board of trustees the manner in which the pilot project funds should be used to implement the academic improvement plan developed under Subsection (c). Annually, the team may recommend to the board any necessary changes in the academic improvement plan. The agency must approve the academic improvement plan or any changes to the plan before disbursing pilot project funds to the board.

(e) The board of trustees of each district participating in the pilot project shall provide an annual progress report to the agency not later than August 1 of each year that the district or campus is participating in the pilot project. The report must state in detail the type of plan used in the district or at the campus and the effect of the pilot project on the district or campus, including:

(1) any effect on the academic progress of students who are participating in a pilot project, as measured by performance on assessment instruments, including assessment instruments administered under Section 39.023;

(2) if applicable, a comparison of student progress at a campus or in a classroom in a school district or campus that is participating in the pilot project as compared to student progress at a campus or in a classroom in that same district or campus that is not participating in the pilot project;

(3) any effect on student attendance or dropout rates;

(4) any effect on student enrollment in high school;

(5) any effect on teacher performance or retention;

(6) any improvement in communications among students, parents, teachers, and administrators;

(7) any improvement in parental involvement in the education of the parent's child;

(8) any effect on community involvement and support for the district or campus; and

(9) any increase in student proficiency in technology that would help prepare students for becoming members of the workforce.

(f) This section expires August 1, 2013.

Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1255 , Sec. 1, eff. June 15, 2007.