By Bailey H.B. No. 3382 Line and page numbers may not match official copy. Bill not drafted by TLC or Senate E&E. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to adoption by school districts of a local policy 1-3 concerning campus charters and campus program charters. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 12, Education Code, is 1-6 amended by adding Section 12.065 to read as follows: 1-7 Sec. 12.065. (a) Each school district shall adopt a campus 1-8 charter and campus program charter policy. The policy must 1-9 specify: 1-10 (1) the process to be followed for approval of a 1-11 campus charter or campus program charter; 1-12 (2) the statutory requirements with which a campus 1-13 charter or campus program charter must comply; 1-14 (3) the items that must be included in a proposed 1-15 charter; 1-16 (4) the items that must be included in a charter 1-17 application; and 1-18 (5) the means by which parents and classroom teachers 1-19 will be informed of their right under Section 12.052 to petition 1-20 for approval of a campus charter or campus program charter, 1-21 including at a minimum the notice required by subsection (b) of 1-22 this section and notice of any assistance available from the 2-1 district in the preparation of a charter application. 2-2 (b) Each school district shall provide each parent, teacher, 2-3 and administrator with a copy of this subchapter and with a copy of 2-4 the local policy required by this section. 2-5 (c) Each school district shall adopt a campus charter and 2-6 campus program charter policy as required by this section not later 2-7 than January 1, 1998. 2-8 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1997. 2-9 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 2-10 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-11 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-12 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-13 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.