By Hamric H.B. No. 1224
77R3301 BDH-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to worksite schools based in business-owned locations.
1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. Section 11.157, Education Code, is amended to read
1-5 as follows:
1-6 Sec. 11.157. CONTRACTS FOR EDUCATIONAL SERVICES. (a) The
1-7 board of trustees of an independent school district may contract
1-8 with a public or private entity for that entity to provide
1-9 educational services for the district.
1-10 (b) The board of trustees of an independent school district
1-11 may contract with a public or private entity for the district to
1-12 provide education services at a facility owned by the entity,
1-13 including a worksite school campus.
1-14 SECTION 2. Section 12.101(a), Education Code, is amended to
1-15 read as follows:
1-16 (a) In accordance with this subchapter, the State Board of
1-17 Education may grant a charter on the application of an eligible
1-18 entity for an open-enrollment charter school to operate in a
1-19 facility of a commercial or nonprofit entity or a school district,
1-20 including a home-rule school district. In this subsection,
1-21 "eligible entity" means:
1-22 (1) an institution of higher education as defined
1-23 under Section 61.003;
1-24 (2) a private or independent institution of higher
2-1 education as defined under Section 61.003;
2-2 (3) an organization that is exempt from taxation under
2-3 Section 501(c)(3), Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. Section
2-4 501(c)(3)); [or]
2-5 (4) a governmental entity; or
2-6 (5) a private business entity proposing to operate a
2-7 worksite school campus for children of its employees under Section
2-8 12.1012.
2-9 SECTION 3. Subchapter D, Chapter 12, Education Code, is
2-10 amended by adding Section 12.1012 to read as follows:
2-11 Sec. 12.1012. WORKSITE SCHOOL CAMPUS CHARTERS. In addition
2-12 to the other charters authorized under this subchapter, in
2-13 accordance with this subchapter the State Board of Education may
2-14 grant additional charters for worksite school campuses.
2-15 SECTION 4. Section 12.111, Education Code, is amended to read
2-16 as follows:
2-17 Sec. 12.111. CONTENT. Each charter granted under this
2-18 subchapter must:
2-19 (1) describe the educational program to be offered,
2-20 which must include the required curriculum as provided by Section
2-21 28.002;
2-22 (2) specify the period for which the charter or any
2-23 charter renewal is valid;
2-24 (3) provide that continuation or renewal of the
2-25 charter is contingent on acceptable student performance on
2-26 assessment instruments adopted under Subchapter B, Chapter 39, and
2-27 on compliance with any accountability provision specified by the
3-1 charter, by a deadline or at intervals specified by the charter;
3-2 (4) establish the level of student performance that is
3-3 considered acceptable for purposes of Subdivision (3);
3-4 (5) specify any basis, in addition to a basis
3-5 specified by this subchapter, on which the charter may be placed on
3-6 probation or revoked or on which renewal of the charter may be
3-7 denied;
3-8 (6) prohibit discrimination in admission policy on the
3-9 basis of sex, national origin, ethnicity, religion, disability,
3-10 academic or athletic ability, or the district the child would
3-11 otherwise attend in accordance with this code, although the charter
3-12 may provide for:
3-13 (A) preference in admission to a worksite school
3-14 campus for a child of an employee of the entity providing
3-15 facilities for the school; or
3-16 (B) the exclusion of a student who has a
3-17 documented history of a criminal offense, a juvenile court
3-18 adjudication, or discipline problems under Subchapter A, Chapter
3-19 37;
3-20 (7) specify the grade levels to be offered;
3-21 (8) describe the governing structure of the program,
3-22 including:
3-23 (A) the officer positions designated;
3-24 (B) the manner in which officers are selected
3-25 and removed from office;
3-26 (C) the manner in which members of the governing
3-27 body are selected and removed from office;
4-1 (D) the manner in which vacancies on the
4-2 governing board are filled;
4-3 (E) the term for which members of the governing
4-4 body serve; and
4-5 (F) whether the terms are to be staggered;
4-6 (9) specify the qualifications to be met by
4-7 professional employees of the program;
4-8 (10) describe the process by which the person
4-9 providing the program will adopt an annual budget;
4-10 (11) describe the manner in which an annual audit of
4-11 the financial and programmatic operations of the program is to be
4-12 conducted, including the manner in which the person providing the
4-13 program will provide information necessary for the school district
4-14 in which the program is located to participate, as required by this
4-15 code or by State Board of Education rule, in the Public Education
4-16 Information Management System (PEIMS);
4-17 (12) describe the facilities to be used;
4-18 (13) describe the geographical area served by the
4-19 program; and
4-20 (14) specify any type of enrollment criteria to be
4-21 used.
4-22 SECTION 5. Subchapter B, Chapter 25, Education Code, is
4-23 amended by adding Section 25.043 to read as follows:
4-24 Sec. 25.043. ASSIGNMENT PREFERENCE AT WORKSITE SCHOOL
4-25 CAMPUS. In assigning students to a worksite school campus, the
4-26 board of trustees of a school district may give preference to a
4-27 child of an employee of the entity providing facilities for the
5-1 school.
5-2 SECTION 6. This Act applies beginning with the 2001-2002
5-3 school year.
5-4 SECTION 7. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
5-5 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
5-6 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
5-7 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
5-8 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.