HB 3 School Board Goals Annual Monitoring
By this time of year, your charter district has had time to look at its performance from last year, work on improvement plans, and is already implementing new improvement efforts. To go along with these planning efforts, reporting your progress to your stakeholders is part of the process. With that in mind, CSS is here to remind you that it is time to monitor your adopted HB 3 Board Goals. Originally, the HB3 Board Goals were to be in place by the end of the 2019-20 school year, but the deadline was extended to January 31, 2021, due to the pandemic.
Consequently, it is likely that your annual monitoring review, to be held in a public meeting, has been done each January since 2021. CSS previously published the HB3 Board Goal requirements (click here for previous article). The 5-year goals are to be monitored and updated each year, and, to date, there has been no change in this requirement.
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Remind Me: What are the Goal Requirements?
The HB3 Board Goals established annual targets for 5 years in 2 areas:
- Early Childhood literacy and math (EC-LM) proficiency (leading to 3rd grade proficiency on STAAR)
- College, Career, and Military Readiness (indicators evaluated under the student achievement domain)
Furthermore, the plan required targeted professional development for K-3 teachers at any campuses the Board identifies as not meeting the goals.
Please read our previous full article on the subject, and also see the TEA page under Resources at the end of this article for more information.
What are the monitoring Requirements?
- Charter Boards must review the progress of each plan at least annually at a public meeting.
- All data must be disaggregated by student groups the same as the groups in the “closing the gaps” domain of the State accountability system. Groups with less than 25 students should not be publicly reported due to small size privacy concerns.
- Post annual report on district and campus websites
The annual/interim updates reported to the board should contain (1) the board outcome goal and progress measure being monitored, (2) data, once available, showing previous reporting periods, the current reporting period, and the annual and 5 year deadline targets, (3) the superintendent’s evaluation of performance for the district and each applicable campus, and (4) supporting documentation that evidences the evaluation and describes any needed next steps.
More Resources
- Link to TEA video, slide presentation, templates, and materials: https://tea.texas.gov/about-tea/government-relations-and-legal/government-relations/hb-3-in-30-video-series
- Scroll down to “Board and District Goal Setting.” Resources are linked under the video.
Remember! HB3 created funding to support these goals through the program intent State allotment “PIC” 36. This money funded full day Pre-K, the Texas Reading Academies, and other local activities connected to your HB3 Board Goals. Your allotment for PIC 36 can be found on your Summary of Finances report.
Do you need more help? Please email us:
- Contact Dr. Sheila K. Sherman, Federal Grants Manager – ssherman@charterschoolsuccess.com
- Visit the Charter School Community Roundtable now, where you can ask questions, get answers and discuss this topic.