Texas 2021 - 87th Regular

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1		-	S.B. No. 879
	1	+	By: Lucio S.B. No. 879
	2	+	(Dutton)
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	5	+	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
4	6		AN ACT
5	7		relating to the qualifications for designation as a dropout
6	8		recovery school.
7	9		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
8	10		SECTION 1. Section 12.1141(c), Education Code, is amended
9	11		to read as follows:
10	12		(c) At the end of the term of a charter for an
11	13		open-enrollment charter school, if a charter holder submits to the
12	14		commissioner a petition for renewal of the charter and the charter
13	15		does not meet the criteria for expedited renewal under Subsection
14	16		(b) or for expiration under Subsection (d), the commissioner shall
15	17		use the discretionary consideration process. The commissioner's
16	18		decision under the discretionary consideration process must take
17	19		into consideration the results of annual evaluations under the
18	20		performance frameworks established under Section 12.1181. The
19	21		renewal of the charter of an open-enrollment charter school that is
20	22		registered under the agency's alternative education accountability
21	23		procedures for evaluation under Chapter 39 shall be considered
22	24		under the discretionary consideration process regardless of the
23	25		performance ratings under Subchapter C, Chapter 39, of the
24	26		open-enrollment charter school or of any campus operating under the
25	27		charter, except that if the charter holder has been assigned a
26	28		financial accountability performance rating under Subchapter D,
27	29		Chapter 39, indicating financial performance that is lower than
28	30		satisfactory for any three of the five preceding school years, the
29	31		commissioner shall allow the charter to expire under Subsection
30	32		(d). In considering the renewal of the charter of an
31	33		open-enrollment charter school that is registered under the
32	34		agency's alternative education accountability procedures for
33	35		evaluation under Chapter 39, such as a dropout recovery school or a
34	36		school providing education within a residential treatment
35	37		facility, the commissioner shall use academic criteria established
36	38		by commissioner rule that are appropriate to measure the specific
37	39		goals of the school. The criteria established by the commissioner
38	40		shall recognize growth in student achievement as well as
39	41		educational attainment. For purposes of this subsection, the
40	42		commissioner shall designate as a dropout recovery school an
41	43		open-enrollment charter school or a campus of an open-enrollment
42	44		charter school:
43	45		(1) that serves students in grades 9 through 12 and has
44	46		an enrollment of which at least 60 [50] percent of the students are
45	47		16 [17] years of age or older as of September 1 of the school year as
46	48		reported for the fall semester Public Education Information
47	49		Management System (PEIMS) submission; and
48	50		(2) that meets the eligibility requirements for and is
49	51		registered under alternative education accountability procedures
50	52		adopted by the commissioner.
51	53		SECTION 2. Section 12.137(a), Education Code, is amended to
52	54		read as follows:
53	55		(a) This section applies only to:
54	56		(1) an open-enrollment charter school designated as a
55	57		dropout recovery school as described by Section 12.1141(c) if the
56	58		enrollment of the school consists only of students 16 [17] years of
57	59		age and older; and
58	60		(2) an adult education program provided under a high
59	61		school diploma and industry certification charter school program
60	62		under Section 29.259.
61	63		SECTION 3. Section 39.0548(a), Education Code, is amended
62	64		to read as follows:
63	65		(a) For purposes of evaluating performance under Section
64	66		39.053(c), the commissioner shall designate as a dropout recovery
65	67		school a school district or an open-enrollment charter school or a
66	68		campus of a district or of an open-enrollment charter school:
67	69		(1) that:
68	70		(A) serves students in grades 9 through 12 and
69	71		has an enrollment of which at least 60 [50] percent of the students
70	72		are 16 [17] years of age or older as of September 1 of the school
71	73		year as reported for the fall semester Public Education Information
72	74		Management System (PEIMS) submission; or
73	75		(B) applies for and receives designation as a
74	76		dropout recovery school in accordance with commissioner rule; and
75	77		(2) that meets the eligibility requirements for and is
76	78		registered under alternative education accountability procedures
77	79		adopted by the commissioner.
78	80		SECTION 4. This Act applies beginning with the 2021-2022
79	81		school year.
80	82		SECTION 5. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
81	83		a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
82	84		provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
83	85		Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
84	86		Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
85		-	______________________________ ______________________________
86		-	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
87		-	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 879 passed the Senate on
88		-	April 29, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
89		-	______________________________
90		-	Secretary of the Senate
91		-	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 879 passed the House on
92		-	May 8, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 127, Nays 12, two present
93		-	not voting.
94		-	______________________________
95		-	Chief Clerk of the House
96		-	Approved:
97		-	______________________________
98		-	Date
99		-	______________________________
100		-	Governor