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