85R27375 PAM-F
By: Allen H.B. No. 4111
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 4111:
By: Allen C.S.H.B. No. 4111
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to revoking the charter of an open-enrollment charter
school based on certain performance during the 2015-2016 school
year.
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 Subsection (c)(1),
performance for the 2015-2016 school year may not be considered
unacceptable if, but for a data error reported by the
open-enrollment charter school to the Public Education Information
Management System (PEIMS), the school would have received an
acceptable rating under the accountability procedures applicable
to the school. If the school demonstrates that the school would
have received an acceptable rating but for the data error reported
by the school, the commissioner shall assign the school the
corrected rating. This subsection expires September 1, 2019.
SECTION 2. Section 12.115(c-2), Education Code, as added by
this Act, stays a proceeding to revoke a charter or accept the
surrender of a charter in lieu of revocation pending on the
effective date of this Act until the open-enrollment charter school
is given an opportunity to demonstrate a data error claim.
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, 2017.