Amend HB 211, second reading engrossment, as follows:
      (1)  On page 1, between lines 13 and 14, insert the
following:
      SECTION 2.  Section 12.111, Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
      Sec. 12.111. CONTENT. Each charter granted under this
subchapter must:
            (1)  describe the educational program to be offered,
which must include the required curriculum as provided by Section
28.002;
            (2)  specify the period for which the charter or
charter renewal is valid;
            (3)  provide that continuation or renewal of the
charter is contingent on acceptable student performance on
assessment instruments adopted under Subchapter B, Chapter 39, and
on compliance with any accountability provision specified by the
charter, by a deadline or at intervals specified by the charter;
            (4)  establish the level of student performance that is
considered acceptable for purposes of Subdivision (3);
            (5)  specify any basis, in addition to a basis
specified by this subchapter, on which the charter may be placed on
probation or revoked or on which renewal of the charter may be
denied;
            (6)  prohibit discrimination in admission policy on the
basis of sex, national origin, ethnicity, religion, disability,
academic or athletic ability, or the district the child would
otherwise attend in accordance with this code, although the charter
may provide for the exclusion of a student who has a documented
history of a criminal offense, a juvenile court adjudication, or
discipline problems under Subchapter A, Chapter 37;
            (7)  specify the grade levels to be offered;
            (8)  describe the governing structure of the program,
including:
                  (A)  the officer positions designated;
                  (B)  the manner in which officers are selected
and removed from office;
                  (C)  the manner in which members of the governing
body are selected and removed from office;
                  (D)  the manner in which vacancies on the
governing board are filled;
                  (E)  the term for which members of the governing
body serve; and
                  (F)  whether the terms are to be staggered;
            (9)  specify the qualifications to be met by
professional employees of the program;
            (10)  describe the process by which the person
providing the program will adopt an annual budget;
            (11)  describe the manner in which an annual audit of
the financial land programmatic operations of the program is to
conducted, including the manner in which the person providing the
program will provide information necessary for the school district
in which the program is located to participate, as required by this
code or by State Board of Education rule, in the Public Education
Information Management System (PEIMS);
            (12)  describe the facilities to be used;
            (13)  describe the geographical area served by the
program; and
            (14)  specify any type of enrollment criteria to be
used.
      SECTION 3.  Subchapter D, Chapter 12, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 12.119 and 12.120 to read as follows:
      Sec. 12.119. BYLAWS; ANNUAL REPORT. (a) The entity to which a
charter is granted for an open-enrollment charter school shall file
with the State Board of Education a copy of its bylaws, or a
comparable document if the entity does not have bylaws, within the
period and in the manner prescribed by the board.
      (b)  Each year within the period and in a form prescribed by
the State Board of Education, each open-enrollment charter school
shall file with the board the following information:
            (1)  the name, address, and telephone number of each
officer and member of the governing body of the open-enrollment
charter school; and
            (2)  the amount of annual compensation the
open-enrollment charter school pays to each officer and member of
the governing body.
      (c)  On request, the State Board of Education shall provide
the information required by this section and Section 12.111(8) to a
member of the public. The board may charge a reasonable fee to
cover the board's cost in providing the information.
      Sec. 12.120. LIMITATION ON SERVING AS OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE. A
person who has been convicted of a felony or a misdemeanor
involving moral turpitude may not serve as an officer or member of
the governing body of an open-enrollment charter school.
      (2)  On page 1, line 14, strike "SECTION 2." and substitute
"SECTION 4.".
      (3)  On page 2, line 12, strike "SECTION 3." and substitute
"SECTION 5.".
      (4)  On page 2, line 26, strike "SECTION 4." and substitute
"SECTION 6.".
      (5)  On page 3, line 2, strike "SECTION 5." and substitute
"SECTION 7."
      (6)  On page 3, between lines 11 and 12, insert the
following:
      SECTION 8. (a) Each open-enrollment charter school for which
a charter is granted before September 1, 1999, shall revise its
charter as necessary to comply with Section 12.111, Education Code,
as amended by this Act, not later than January 1, 2000.
      (b)  The entity to which a charter for an open-enrollment
charter school is granted before September 1, 1999, shall file a
copy of its bylaws or other document as required by Section
12.119(a), Education Code, as added by this Act, not later than
January 1, 2000.
(7)  On page 3, line 12, strike "SECTION 6." and substitute
"SECTION 9.".