81R7512 CAS-D
By: Mallory Caraway H.B. No. 1515
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to sanctions that may be imposed under certain
circumstances on academically unacceptable public school campuses.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 39.1324(d), (e), and (f), Education
Code, are amended to read as follows:
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter,
if the commissioner determines that a campus subject to Subsection
(a) is not fully implementing the school improvement plan, the
commissioner may pursue alternative management of the campus under
Section 39.1327, [or may] order closure of the campus, or take other
action determined appropriate by the commissioner.
(e) If a campus is considered an academically unacceptable
campus for the subsequent school year after the campus is
reconstituted under this section, the commissioner shall review the
progress of the campus and may order closure of the campus, [or]
pursue alternative management under Section 39.1327, or take other
action determined appropriate by the commissioner.
(f) If a campus is considered academically unacceptable for
two consecutive school years after the campus is reconstituted
under Subsection (a), the commissioner may [shall] order closure of
the campus, [or] pursue alternative management under Section
39.1327, or take other action determined appropriate by the
commissioner.
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2009-2010
school year.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2009.