86R5243 JES-D
By: Allison H.B. No. 3062
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to authorizing parents of students enrolled at a
low-performing public school campus to petition the commissioner of
education for the appointment of a board of managers, alternative
management, or closure of the campus.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 39A.112, Education Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsections (b-1) and (b-2) to
read as follows:
(b) Notwithstanding Section 39A.101, if a campus has been
assigned an unacceptable performance rating under Section 39.054
for two consecutive school years, a majority of the parents of the
students enrolled at the campus may, at any time, submit a petition
to the commissioner requesting that the commissioner order one of
the following actions:
(1) appointment of a board of managers to govern the
school district as provided by Section 39A.202;
(2) alternative management of the campus; or
(3) closure of the campus [If the commissioner is
presented, in the time and manner specified by commissioner rule,
with a written petition signed by the parents of a majority of the
students enrolled at a campus to which Section 39A.111 applies,
specifying an action authorized under that section that the parents
request the commissioner to order, the commissioner shall, except
as otherwise authorized by this section, order the specific action
requested].
(b-1) The commissioner shall consider the action requested
in a parents' petition under Subsection (b) in determining whether
to order the requested action or another permissible action under
this subchapter, including ordering the campus to prepare or
implement a campus turnaround plan.
(b-2) A petition submitted under Subsection (b) must be in a
form prescribed by the commissioner.
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2019-2020
school year.
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, 2019.