BQB LOCAL — Planning and Decision Making Process: Campus-Level

​Planning and Decision-Making Process: Campus Level

North East ISD Board Policy Manual

Section BQB​ - Legal Framework and Local Policy

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Steven Pippin and Emily-Mae Fewell

​Committees

• ​A district's policy and procedures shall establish campus-level planning and decision-making committees as provided by Education Code 11.251(b)–(e).

• ​The committees shall include representative professional staff, parents of students enrolled in a district, business representatives, and community members.

• ​A board shall adopt a procedure, consistent with Education Code 21.407(a) [see DGA], for the professional staff to nominate and elect the professional staff representatives who shall serve on the campus-level committees. If practicable, a committee shall include at least one professional staff representative with the primary responsibility for educating students with disabilities.

• ​Board policy shall provide procedures for the selection of parents to the campus-level committees.

• ​Board policy must provide procedures for the selection of community members and business representatives to serve on the committee in a manner that provides for appropriate representation of the community's diversity.

​Meetings

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A board shall establish a procedure under which campus-level committees hold regular meetings. Education Code 11.251(b)

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Each campus-level committee shall hold at least one public meeting per year. The required meeting shall be held after receipt of the annual campus rating from TEA to discuss the performance of the campus and the campus performance objectives. Education Code 11.253(g)

​Communications and Consultation

District policy and campus procedures must be established to ensure that systematic communications measures are in place to periodically obtain broad-based community, parent, and staff input, and to provide information to those persons regarding the recommendations of the campus-level committees. Education Code 11.253(g)

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A principal shall regularly consult the campus-level committee in the planning, operation, supervision, and evaluation of the campus educational program. Education Code 11.253(h)

​Responsibilites

​-The campus-level committee shall be involved in decisions in the areas of planning, budgeting, curriculum, staffing patterns, staff development, and school organization. Education Code 11.251(d)

-Each school year, the campus-level committee shall assist the campus principal with the development, review, and revision of the campus improvement plan. Education Code 11.253(c) [See Campus-Level Plan at BQ(LEGAL)]

-Each school district and campus shall use the results from the teaching and learning conditions survey required by Education Code 7.065(a) to review and revise, as appropriate, the district-level or campus-level improvement plans, and for other purposes, as appropriate to enhance the district and campus learning environments. Education Code 7.065(e)

-The campus-level committee must approve the portions of the campus plan addressing campus staff development needs and must be predominantly campus-based, related to achieving campus performance objectives established under Education Code 11.253, and developed and approved by the campus-level committee. Education Code 21.451(b) [See DMA]

-The committee shall analyze information related to dropout prevention, as well as decide the manner in which the principal performance incentive shall be distributed and used.

Multiple Choice

Have you ever been a member of your Campus Improvement Committee?

• YES

• NO

Multiple Choice

Required Members of a Campus Improvement Committee are...

• There are no specific requirements, each campus can decide.

• -Admin Team

  -Teachers

  -PTA

  -Business Representatives

• -Professional Staff (Admin, Teachers, District member)

  -Parents of enrolled students

  -Community Members

  -Business Representatives

Multiple Choice

A parent who is an employee of the district is considered a parent representative on the committee.

• True

• False

Open Ended

What are some responsibilities of a Campus Improvement Committee?