81R27207 CAS-D
By: Anchia H.B. No. 3051
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3051:
By: Allen C.S.H.B. No. 3051
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the term for which certain charters granted for
open-enrollment charter schools are renewed.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 12, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 12.1131 to read as follows:
Sec. 12.1131. PERIOD FOR WHICH CERTAIN CHARTERS ARE
RENEWED. Notwithstanding Section 12.114 or any other provision of
this subchapter or the period initially specified under Section
12.111(a)(2), a charter granted under this subchapter is renewed
for a period of 25 years beginning on the date the following
requirements are each satisfied:
(1) one or more open-enrollment charter schools have
been operating for at least seven years under the charter as granted
or previously renewed;
(2) each school that has been operating under the
charter has been rated as exemplary or recognized under Section
39.072:
(A) for at least five consecutive school years of
the preceding seven school years; or
(B) for each school year in which the school has
been operating if the school has been operating for less than five
school years;
(3) each school operating under the charter has
received an unqualified opinion in the most recent independent
auditor's report of the school's finances;
(4) the agency has determined that neither the charter
holder or a school operating under the charter is at risk of
financial insolvency;
(5) the charter holder has provided written notice to
the State Board of Education, in the manner required by board rule,
that the requirements prescribed by Subdivisions (1) through (4)
have been met; and
(6) the State Board of Education has made a
determination that the requirements prescribed by Subdivisions (1)
through (5) have been met and has renewed the charter.
SECTION 2. 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.