81R9855 CAS-D
By: Jackson H.B. No. 2400
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to treatment under the public school accountability system
of an open-enrollment charter school that is operated by a juvenile
board and that focuses on juvenile justice or corrections.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 12, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 12.136 to read as follows:
Sec. 12.136. ACCOUNTABILITY: CHARTER SCHOOLS OPERATED BY
JUVENILE BOARD AND FOCUSED ON JUVENILE JUSTICE. (a) This section
applies only to an open-enrollment charter school that is operated
by a juvenile board and that focuses on juvenile justice or
corrections.
(b) Academically, the mission of an open-enrollment charter
school to which this section applies as provided by Subsection (a)
is to enable students to perform at or above grade level. For
purposes of accountability under Chapter 39, a student enrolled in
the school is reported as if the student were enrolled at the
student's assigned campus in the student's regularly assigned
education program, including a special education program.
Annually, the school, with the agreement of the commissioner, shall
develop and implement a system of accountability consistent with
Chapter 39, where appropriate, to assure that students make
academic progress toward grade level while attending the school.
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.