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House Bill 1423 |
House Author: Guillen et al. |
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Effective: 6-19-09 |
Senate Sponsor: Shapiro |
House Bill 1423 amends the Education Code to make a public junior college eligible to be granted a charter for an open-enrollment charter school under essentially the same eligibility conditions as a public senior college or university. The bill authorizes the State Board of Education to grant a charter on the application of a public junior college for an open-enrollment school to operate on the campus of the public junior college or in the same county in which the public junior college campus is located if the application satisfies the following criteria: the junior college charter school's educational program is implemented under the direct supervision of a faculty member of the public junior college; the supervising faculty member has substantial experience and expertise in teacher education, classroom instruction, or educational administration; the junior college charter school's educational program is designed to meet specific goals described in the charter, such as dropout recovery, and each aspect of the program is directed toward the attainment of the goals; the attainment of those stated goals is measured using specific, objective standards set forth in the charter, including assessment methods and a time frame; and the junior college charter school's financial operations are supervised by the business office of the junior college.
The bill requires the name of a junior college charter school to include the name of the public junior college operating the school and, except as otherwise provided, makes existing provisions relating to an open-enrollment charter school applicable to a junior college charter school.