| 1 | 1 | | 86R13888 JES-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Menéndez S.B. No. 1857 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to requirements for certain charter entities to contract |
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| 8 | 8 | | with a school district to operate a district campus. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 11.174, Education Code, is amended by |
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| 11 | 11 | | adding Subsections (a-1), (c-1), and (c-2) and amending Subsection |
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| 12 | 12 | | (c) to read as follows: |
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| 13 | 13 | | (a-1) If a campus intervention team has been assigned to a |
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| 14 | 14 | | campus, the board of trustees of a school district may not enter |
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| 15 | 15 | | into a contract under Subsection (a) for the operation of that |
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| 16 | 16 | | campus until the campus intervention team has completed the |
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| 17 | 17 | | responsibilities assigned under Subchapter B, Chapter 39A, |
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| 18 | 18 | | including: |
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| 19 | 19 | | (1) performing an on-site needs assessment; |
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| 20 | 20 | | (2) recommending actions relating to insufficient |
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| 21 | 21 | | performance of the campus; and |
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| 22 | 22 | | (3) developing a targeted improvement plan and |
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| 23 | 23 | | submitting the plan to the commissioner. |
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| 24 | 24 | | (c) Not later than 30 days before the date a school district |
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| 25 | 25 | | enters [Before entering] into a contract as provided by this |
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| 26 | 26 | | section, a school district shall seek the advice and opinion of |
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| 27 | 27 | | [must consult with] campus personnel regarding the provisions to be |
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| 28 | 28 | | included in the contract between the school district and the |
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| 29 | 29 | | open-enrollment charter school. A school district must obtain and |
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| 30 | 30 | | retain in the district's records a document signed by all campus |
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| 31 | 31 | | personnel certifying that campus personnel was consulted in |
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| 32 | 32 | | accordance with this subsection. |
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| 33 | 33 | | (c-1) A contract entered into between a school district and |
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| 34 | 34 | | an open-enrollment charter school under this section: |
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| 35 | 35 | | (1) may not affect any [All] rights or [and] |
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| 36 | 36 | | protections afforded by: |
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| 37 | 37 | | (A) current employment contracts or agreements; |
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| 38 | 38 | | or |
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| 39 | 39 | | (B) Chapter 21 or 22; |
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| 40 | 40 | | (2) must provide that the campus will not be subject to |
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| 41 | 41 | | a reduction in personnel as a result of the contract; and |
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| 42 | 42 | | (3) must be published on the district's Internet |
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| 43 | 43 | | website not later than 30 days before the date the board of trustees |
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| 44 | 44 | | votes to adopt the contract [may not be affected by the contract |
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| 45 | 45 | | entered into between a school district and an open-enrollment |
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| 46 | 46 | | charter school under this section]. |
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| 47 | 47 | | (c-2) Before a contract between a school district and an |
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| 48 | 48 | | open-enrollment charter school may be adopted by the board of |
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| 49 | 49 | | trustees of a school district under this section: |
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| 50 | 50 | | (1) the district must submit the contract to the |
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| 51 | 51 | | parents or guardians of the students enrolled at the affected |
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| 52 | 52 | | campus for approval; and |
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| 53 | 53 | | (2) the contract must be approved by at least 75 |
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| 54 | 54 | | percent of the parents or guardians of students enrolled during the |
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| 55 | 55 | | current school year at the campus. |
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| 56 | 56 | | SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2019-2020 |
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| 57 | 57 | | school year. |
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| 58 | 58 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 59 | 59 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 60 | 60 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 61 | 61 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 62 | 62 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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