Texas 2019 - 86th Regular

Texas House Bill HB2776 Compare Versions

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1	1	86R9018 SRS-F
2	2	By: Allison H.B. No. 2776
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to requiring an open-enrollment charter school to prepare
8	8	an informed choice report containing certain information about the
9	9	school.
10	10	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
11	11	SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 12, Education Code, is
12	12	amended by adding Section 12.138 to read as follows:
13	13	Sec. 12.138. INFORMED CHOICE REPORT. (a) Not later than
14	14	December 1 of each year, an open-enrollment charter school shall
15	15	prepare and submit to the agency an informed choice report in the
16	16	format and manner provided by the agency. The informed choice
17	17	report must include the following information:
18	18	(1) the information contained in the most recent
19	19	campus report card for each campus of the school under Section
20	20	39.305;
21	21	(2) student demographics, including the percentage of
22	22	students eligible for and enrolled in programs for which the school
23	23	receives an allotment under Section 42.151, 42.152, 42.153, 42.154,
24	24	or 42.156;
25	25	(3) the school year calendar for the current school
26	26	year and the next school year, if known;
27	27	(4) information regarding transportation and meals
28	28	provided to students by the school, including if the school
29	29	participates in the national free or reduced-price lunch program
30	30	established under 42 U.S.C. Section 1751 et seq.;
31	31	(5) for each high school campus of the school, the
32	32	availability of:
33	33	(A) courses that are part of an endorsement
34	34	curriculum under Section 28.025(c-1); and
35	35	(B) dual credit courses under Section 28.009;
36	36	(6) extracurricular activities offered, including
37	37	music, arts, and sports;
38	38	(7) the number of courses in enrichment curriculum
39	39	subjects offered, including fine arts;
40	40	(8) for each elementary school campus of the school,
41	41	the availability of opportunities for students in a grade level
42	42	below grade six to participate in moderate or vigorous daily
43	43	physical activity for at least 30 minutes;
44	44	(9) a list of parental rights and responsibilities the
45	45	school provides or elects not to provide under Chapter 26,
46	46	including access to student records and review of teaching
47	47	materials and assessments;
48	48	(10) any parental requirements to participate or
49	49	volunteer at the school or for school programs, including an
50	50	estimate of the time commitment required;
51	51	(11) teacher information, including:
52	52	(A) the percentage of teachers who are
53	53	uncertified or assigned to teach courses outside the teacher's area
54	54	of certification;
55	55	(B) average years of experience;
56	56	(C) the annual attrition rate; and
57	57	(D) average salary;
58	58	(12) the number of spots available for new students at
59	59	each grade level;
60	60	(13) the number of applicants for admission for each
61	61	grade level who are on a waiting list;
62	62	(14) information regarding admission criteria,
63	63	including the application for admission and disciplinary history
64	64	considerations that could exclude an applicant from admission to
65	65	the school;
66	66	(15) information regarding specific criteria,
67	67	policies, and procedures for discipline or expulsion included in
68	68	the school's code of conduct that differ from the requirements for
69	69	school districts in Chapter 37;
70	70	(16) rates of student suspension, expulsion, and
71	71	attrition;
72	72	(17) any additional requirements for student
73	73	graduation that exceed the graduation requirements for a student
74	74	enrolled at a school district;
75	75	(18) a list of courses, materials, and assessments
76	76	that use common core state standards, as defined by Section
77	77	28.002(b-1);
78	78	(19) if the school is not required to comply with
79	79	Subchapter D, Chapter 32, information regarding how the school
80	80	protects covered information, as defined by Section 32.151;
81	81	(20) if the school provides a full-time online program
82	82	through the state virtual school network, information regarding:
83	83	(A) the entity that provides the program;
84	84	(B) course completion rates;
85	85	(C) course attrition rates;
86	86	(D) aggregate student performance on assessment
87	87	instruments administered under Section 39.023 for the previous five
88	88	years; and
89	89	(E) if the entity previously provided an online
90	90	program for a school district or open-enrollment charter school,
91	91	aggregate student performance on assessment instruments
92	92	administered under Section 39.023 for the last five years during
93	93	which the entity provided the program;
94	94	(21) if students have access to a school library;
95	95	(22) the number of school counselors and nurses
96	96	available at each campus of the school; and
97	97	(23) whether the school's performance is measured
98	98	using an alternative accountability system.
99	99	(b) Not later than January 1 of each year, the agency shall
100	100	post each open-enrollment charter school's informed choice report
101	101	on the agency's Internet website. An open-enrollment charter
102	102	school shall post on the school's admission information web page of
103	103	the school's Internet website:
104	104	(1) the school's informed choice report; or
105	105	(2) a link to the school's informed choice report on
106	106	the agency's website.
107	107	SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.