15 | | - | (c-2) For purposes of revocation under Subsection (c)(1), |
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16 | | - | performance for the 2015-2016 school year may not be considered |
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17 | | - | unacceptable if, but for a data error reported by the |
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18 | | - | open-enrollment charter school to the Public Education Information |
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19 | | - | Management System (PEIMS), the school would have received an |
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20 | | - | acceptable rating under the accountability procedures applicable |
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21 | | - | to the school. If the school demonstrates that the school would |
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22 | | - | have received an acceptable rating but for the data error reported |
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23 | | - | by the school, the commissioner shall assign the school the |
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24 | | - | corrected rating. This subsection expires September 1, 2019. |
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25 | | - | SECTION 2. Section 12.115(c-2), Education Code, as added by |
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26 | | - | this Act, stays a proceeding to revoke a charter or accept the |
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27 | | - | surrender of a charter in lieu of revocation pending on the |
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28 | | - | effective date of this Act until the open-enrollment charter school |
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29 | | - | is given an opportunity to demonstrate a data error claim. |
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30 | | - | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 10 | + | (c-2) For purposes of revocation under (c)(1), performance |
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| 11 | + | for any school year shall not be considered lower than satisfactory |
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| 12 | + | if, but for a data error reported by the charter school to the |
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| 13 | + | Public Education Information Management System, the school would |
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| 14 | + | have received a satisfactory rating either under the standard |
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| 15 | + | accountability system or under the alternative accountability |
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| 16 | + | system. For any school year that an open-enrollment charter school |
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| 17 | + | demonstrates that it would have received a satisfactory rating but |
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| 18 | + | for a data error reported by the charter school to the Public |
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| 19 | + | Education Information Management System, the commissioner shall |
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| 20 | + | change the school’s academic rating accordingly. |
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| 21 | + | SECTION 2: As soon as practicable after the effective date |
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| 22 | + | of this Act, the commissioner of education shall adopt procedures |
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| 23 | + | for the application and implementation of Section 12.115(c-2), |
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| 24 | + | Education Code, as added by this Act. |
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| 25 | + | SECTION 3. Section 12.115 (c-2), Education Code, as added |
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| 26 | + | by this Act, shall apply to all revocations considered or processed |
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| 27 | + | by the commissioner of education after the effective date of this |
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| 28 | + | Act and shall nullify any charter school revocation process or |
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| 29 | + | surrender in lieu of revocation process or agreement that is being |
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| 30 | + | considered or processed by the Commissioner of Education for a |
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| 31 | + | charter school’s performance in the 2013-2014, 2014-2015, or |
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| 32 | + | 2015-2016 school years. |
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| 33 | + | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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