Texas 2017 - 85th Regular

Texas House Bill HB1261 Compare Versions

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1	1	85R7690 MEW-D
2	2	By: Hinojosa H.B. No. 1261
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to the admission policy of an open-enrollment charter
8	8	school.
9	9	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	10	SECTION 1. Section 12.111(a), Education Code, is amended to
11	11	read as follows:
12	12	(a) Each charter granted under this subchapter must:
13	13	(1) describe the educational program to be offered,
14	14	which must include the required curriculum as provided by Section
15	15	28.002;
16	16	(2) provide that continuation of the charter is
17	17	contingent on the status of the charter as determined under Section
18	18	12.1141 or 12.115 or under Subchapter E, Chapter 39;
19	19	(3) specify the academic, operational, and financial
20	20	performance expectations by which a school operating under the
21	21	charter will be evaluated, which must include applicable elements
22	22	of the performance frameworks adopted under Section 12.1181;
23	23	(4) specify:
24	24	(A) any basis, in addition to a basis specified
25	25	by this subchapter or Subchapter E, Chapter 39, on which the charter
26	26	may be revoked, renewal of the charter may be denied, or the charter
27	27	may be allowed to expire; and
28	28	(B) the standards for evaluation of a school
29	29	operating under the charter for purposes of charter renewal, denial
30	30	of renewal, expiration, revocation, or other intervention in
31	31	accordance with Section 12.1141 or 12.115 or Subchapter E, Chapter
32	32	39, as applicable;
33	33	(5) prohibit discrimination in admission policy on the
34	34	basis of sex, national origin, ethnicity, religion, disability,
35	35	discipline history, academic, artistic, or athletic ability, or the
36	36	district the child would otherwise attend in accordance with this
37	37	code, although the charter may[:
38	38	[(A) provide for the exclusion of a student who
39	39	has a documented history of a criminal offense, a juvenile court
40	40	adjudication, or discipline problems under Subchapter A, Chapter
41	41	37; and
42	42	[(B)] provide for an admission policy that
43	43	requires a student to demonstrate artistic ability if the school
44	44	specializes in performing arts;
45	45	(6) specify the grade levels to be offered;
46	46	(7) describe the governing structure of the program,
47	47	including:
48	48	(A) the officer positions designated;
49	49	(B) the manner in which officers are selected and
50	50	removed from office;
51	51	(C) the manner in which members of the governing
52	52	body of the school are selected and removed from office;
53	53	(D) the manner in which vacancies on that
54	54	governing body are filled;
55	55	(E) the term for which members of that governing
56	56	body serve; and
57	57	(F) whether the terms are to be staggered;
58	58	(8) specify the powers or duties of the governing body
59	59	of the school that the governing body may delegate to an officer;
60	60	(9) specify the manner in which the school will
61	61	distribute to parents information related to the qualifications of
62	62	each professional employee of the program, including any
63	63	professional or educational degree held by each employee, a
64	64	statement of any certification under Subchapter B, Chapter 21, held
65	65	by each employee, and any relevant experience of each employee;
66	66	(10) describe the process by which the person
67	67	providing the program will adopt an annual budget;
68	68	(11) describe the manner in which an annual audit of
69	69	the financial and programmatic operations of the program is to be
70	70	conducted, including the manner in which the person providing the
71	71	program will provide information necessary for the school district
72	72	in which the program is located to participate, as required by this
73	73	code or by commissioner rule, in the Public Education Information
74	74	Management System (PEIMS);
75	75	(12) describe the facilities to be used;
76	76	(13) describe the geographical area served by the
77	77	program;
78	78	(14) specify any type of enrollment criteria to be
79	79	used;
80	80	(15) provide information, as determined by the
81	81	commissioner, relating to any management company that will provide
82	82	management services to a school operating under the charter; and
83	83	(16) specify that the governing body of an
84	84	open-enrollment charter school accepts and may not delegate
85	85	ultimate responsibility for the school, including the school's
86	86	academic performance and financial and operational viability, and
87	87	is responsible for overseeing any management company providing
88	88	management services for the school and for holding the management
89	89	company accountable for the school's performance.
90	90	SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.