By: Allen H.B. No. 4111
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the revocation of 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
adding Subsection (c-2) to read as follows:
(c-2) For purposes of revocation under (c)(1), performance
for any school year shall not be considered lower than satisfactory
if, but for a data error reported by the charter school to the
Public Education Information Management System, the school would
have received a satisfactory rating either under the standard
accountability system or under the alternative accountability
system. For any school year that an open-enrollment charter school
demonstrates that it would have received a satisfactory rating but
for a data error reported by the charter school to the Public
Education Information Management System, the commissioner shall
change the school’s academic rating accordingly.
SECTION 2: As soon as practicable after the effective date
of this Act, the commissioner of education shall adopt procedures
for the application and implementation of Section 12.115(c-2),
Education Code, as added by this Act.
SECTION 3. Section 12.115 (c-2), Education Code, as added
by this Act, shall apply to all revocations considered or processed
by the commissioner of education after the effective date of this
Act and shall nullify any charter school revocation process or
surrender in lieu of revocation process or agreement that is being
considered or processed by the Commissioner of Education for a
charter school’s performance in the 2013-2014, 2014-2015, or
2015-2016 school years.
SECTION 4. 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, 2017.