Under HB 3, school boards are required to adopt plans in early childhood literacy and math, as well as college, career, and military readiness. All plans are required to include: 

• at least one assigned district-level administrator or employee of the regional education service center for the district’s region to coordinate implementation and submit an annual report to the board on the district’s progress; 

• an annual review by the board at a public meeting; 

• an annual report posted on district and campus websites; and 

• specific, quantifiable, annual goals for five years at each campus.

Early childhood plans are required to include: 

• annual goals for aggregate student growth on 3rd-grade math and reading STAAR; 

• annual targets for students in each group evaluated under the closing the gaps domain; 

• targeted professional development for classroom teachers in kindergarten through 3rd grade for campuses that the board identifies as not meeting the plan’s goals and that consider the unique needs of students in bilingual education or special language programs; and

• annual targets that may be set for students in bilingual or ESL programs.

College, career, and military readiness plans are required to include: 

• annual goals for aggregate student growth on CCMR readiness indicators evaluated under the student achievement domain; and 

• annual targets for students in each group evaluated under the closing the gaps domain. 

To meet the requirement specific and quantifiable, each board outcome goal needs to contain a baseline (current state), a target (future state), a population (which students will be impacted), and a deadline (month and year by when the current state will equal the future state). Annual targets must be included for each goal in addition to the five-year deadline target. It is recommended that school boards adopt progress measures to create alignment between district outcome goals and the board-adopted plans.

Goals for Early Childhood Literacy and Mathematics; College, Career, and Military Readiness