Sec. 32.155. COMMUNITY EDUCATIONAL PIPELINE PROGRESS TEAM

(a) Each participating school district or school shall establish a community educational pipeline progress team to assist in developing and implementing the technology demonstration sites project.

(b) The board of trustees of a participating school district, or of a district in which a participating school is located, shall appoint individuals to the team. The team may be composed of:

(1) educators;

(2) district-level administrators;

(3) community leaders;

(4) parents of students who attend a participating school; and

(5) any other individual the board finds appropriate.

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

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

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

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

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

(1) the academic progress of students who are participating in a project, as measured by performance on assessment instruments;

(2) if applicable, a comparison of student progress in a school or classroom that is participating in the project as compared with student progress in the schools or classrooms in the district that are not participating in the project;

(3) any elements of the project that contribute to improved student performance on assessment instruments administered under Section 39.023 or any other assessment instrument required by the agency;

(4) any cost savings and improved efficiency relating to school personnel and the maintenance of facilities;

(5) any effect on student dropout and attendance rates;

(6) any effect on student enrollment in higher education;

(7) any effect on teacher performance and retention;

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

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

(10) any effect on community involvement and support for the district or school; and

(11) any increased student proficiency in technologies that will help prepare the student for becoming a member of the workforce.

Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 834, Sec. 1, eff. June 20, 2003. Amended by: Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 714 , Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2009.