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1		-	S.B. No. 2117
	1	+	86R26787 CAE-D
	2	+	By: Bettencourt S.B. No. 2117
	3	+	(Bohac)
	4	+	Substitute the following for S.B. No. 2117: No.
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	7	+	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
4	8		AN ACT
5	9		relating to approval of school district and charter school
6	10		partnerships to operate school district campuses and programs and
7	11		to eligibility for state funding.
8	12		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
9	13		SECTION 1. Section 11.157, Education Code, is amended to
10	14		read as follows:
11	15		Sec. 11.157. CONTRACTS FOR EDUCATIONAL SERVICES. (a) The
12	16		board of trustees of an independent school district may contract
13	17		with a public or private entity for that entity to provide
14	18		educational services for the district.
15		-	(b) A school district under contract with an
16		-	open-enrollment charter school to jointly operate a campus or
17		-	campus program during the 2017-2018 school year and under any
18		-	renewal of that contract is eligible to receive funding under
19		-	Section 42.2511 for each student or the portion of each student's
20		-	school day under the direction of the open-enrollment charter
21		-	school. The commissioner may adopt rules to determine the portion
22		-	of funding a school district is entitled to under this subsection.
	19	+	(b) A school district and open-enrollment charter school
	20	+	may apply to the commissioner for approval to jointly operate a
	21	+	campus or campus program. During each school year, the
	22	+	commissioner may approve not more than three contracts for a school
	23	+	district and open-enrollment charter school to jointly operate a
	24	+	campus or campus program and to receive funding as provided by
	25	+	Subsection (d). This subsection does not apply to the renewal of a
	26	+	contract previously approved by the commissioner.
	27	+	(c) A school district contract with an open-enrollment
	28	+	charter school to jointly operate a campus or campus program during
	29	+	the 2017-2018 school year is considered to be a contract approved by
	30	+	the commissioner and is eligible to receive funding as provided by
	31	+	Subsection (d).
	32	+	(d) A school district that contracts with the governing body
	33	+	of an open-enrollment charter school to jointly operate a campus or
	34	+	campus program qualifies for funding under Section 42.2511 for each
	35	+	student or the portion of each student's school day under the
	36	+	direction of the open-enrollment charter school if the most recent
	37	+	accountability rating of:
	38	+	(1) the campus was a C or higher under Subchapter C,
	39	+	Chapter 39; and
	40	+	(2) the open-enrollment charter school was a C or
	41	+	higher under Subchapters C and D, Chapter 39.
	42	+	(e) The commissioner may adopt rules and collect data to
	43	+	determine the portion of funding a school district is entitled to
	44	+	under Subsection (d) if the district contracts with an
	45	+	open-enrollment charter school to jointly operate a campus program.
23	46		SECTION 2. Sections 42.2511(a) and (b), Education Code, are
24	47		amended to read as follows:
25	48		(a) This section applies only to:
26	49		(1) a school district and an open-enrollment charter
27	50		school that enter into a contract to operate a district campus as
28	51		provided by Section 11.174; [and]
29	52		(2) a charter granted by a school district for a
30	53		program operated by an entity that has entered into a contract under
31	54		Section 11.174, provided that the district does not appoint a
32	55		majority of the governing body of the charter holder; and
33	56		(3) a school district that contracts with an
34	57		open-enrollment charter school to jointly operate a campus or
35		-	campus program as provided by Section 11.157(b).
	58	+	campus program as provided by Section 11.157(d).
36	59		(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter or
37	60		Chapter 41, a school district subject to this section is entitled to
38	61		receive for each student in average daily attendance at the campus
39	62		or program described by Subsection (a) an amount equivalent to the
40	63		difference, if the difference results in increased funding,
41	64		between:
42	65		(1) the amount described by Section 12.106; and
43	66		(2) the amount to which the district would be entitled
44	67		under this chapter.
45	68		SECTION 3. This Act applies beginning with the 2019-2020
46	69		school year.
47	70		SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
48	71		a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
49	72		provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
50	73		Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
51	74		Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
52		-	______________________________ ______________________________
53		-	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
54		-	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 2117 passed the Senate on
55		-	May 1, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 29, Nays 2; and that the
56		-	Senate concurred in House amendments on May 25, 2019, by the
57		-	following vote: Yeas 27, Nays 3.
58		-	______________________________
59		-	Secretary of the Senate
60		-	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 2117 passed the House, with
61		-	amendments, on May 22, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 103,
62		-	Nays 37, one present not voting.
63		-	______________________________
64		-	Chief Clerk of the House
65		-	Approved:
66		-	______________________________
67		-	Date
68		-	______________________________
69		-	Governor