83R10667 CAS-D
By: Farney H.B. No. 2663
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to revocation of charters for certain open-enrollment
charter schools.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 12.115, Education Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsections (c) and (d) to read
as follows:
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (c), the [The]
commissioner may modify, place on probation, revoke, or deny
renewal of the charter of an open-enrollment charter school if the
commissioner determines that the charter holder:
(1) committed a material violation of the charter,
including failure to satisfy accountability provisions prescribed
by the charter;
(2) failed to satisfy generally accepted accounting
standards of fiscal management;
(3) failed to protect the health, safety, or welfare
of the students enrolled at the school; or
(4) failed to comply with this subchapter or another
applicable law or rule.
(c) The commissioner shall revoke the charter of an
open-enrollment charter school if, for the three preceding school
years:
(1) a campus operating under the charter has been
assigned an unacceptable performance rating under Subchapter C,
Chapter 39; or
(2) the charter holder has been assigned a financial
accountability performance rating indicating performance that is
lower than satisfactory under Subchapter D, Chapter 39.
(d) A campus of an open-enrollment charter school rated as
academically unacceptable under Subchapter D, Chapter 39, as that
subchapter existed January 1, 2009, for the 2010-2011 school year
is considered to have been assigned an unacceptable performance
rating for that school year under Subsection (c)(1). This
subsection expires September 1, 2015.
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2013-2014
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, 2013.