Amend CSSB 1108 between the enacting clause and SECTION 1 of 
the bill (House Committee Printing, page 1, between lines 3 and 4), 
by inserting the following new SECTIONS and by renumbering 
subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 12, Education Code, is 
amended by adding Section 12.0521 to read as follows:
	Sec. 12.0521.  ALTERNATIVE AUTHORIZATION.  (a)  
Notwithstanding Section 12.052, in accordance with this subchapter 
and in the manner provided by this section, the board of trustees of 
a school district or the governing body of a home-rule school 
district may grant a charter for:
		(1)  a new district campus; or                                         
		(2)  a program that is operated:                                       
			(A)  by an entity that has entered into a contract 
with the district under Section 11.157 to provide educational 
services to the district through the campus or program; and
			(B)  at a facility located in the boundaries of 
the district.       
	(b)  A student's parent or guardian may choose to enroll the  
student at a campus or in a program under this section.  A school 
district may not assign a student to a campus or program under this 
section unless the student's parent or guardian has voluntarily 
enrolled the student at the campus or in the program.  A student's 
parent or guardian may, at any time, remove the student from a 
campus or program under this section and enroll the student at the 
campus to which the student would ordinarily be assigned.
	(c)  A school district may not assign to a campus or program 
under this section a teacher who has signed a written statement that 
the teacher does not agree to that assignment.
	SECTION 2.  Sections 12.057, 12.058, and 12.062, Education 
Code, are amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 12.057.  STATUS.  (a)  With respect to the operation of 
a campus or program granted a charter under this subchapter, the [A] 
governing body of the campus or program provided for under the 
charter is considered a governmental body for purposes of Chapters 
551 and 552, Government Code.
	(b)  An employee of a campus or program granted a charter 
under Section 12.052, 12.0521(a)(1), or 12.053 [this subchapter] 
who qualifies for membership in the Teacher Retirement System of 
Texas shall be covered under the system in the same manner and to 
the same extent as a qualified employee employed on a regularly 
operating campus or in a regularly operating program is covered.
	(c)  A [The] campus or program granted a charter under 
Section 12.052, 12.0521(a)(1), or 12.053 is immune from liability 
to the same extent as a school district, and its employees and 
volunteers are immune from liability to the same extent as school 
district employees and volunteers.
	Sec. 12.058.  CHARTER POLICY.  [(a)] Each school district 
shall adopt a campus charter and [campus] program charter policy.  
The policy must specify:
		(1)  the process to be followed for approval of a campus 
charter or a [campus] program charter;
		(2)  the statutory requirements with which a campus 
charter or [campus] program charter must comply; and
		(3)  the items that must be included in a charter 
application.              
	[(b)  Each school district shall adopt a campus charter and 
campus program charter policy as required by this section not later 
than January 1, 1998.]
	Sec. 12.062.  REVISION.  (a) A charter granted under 
Section 12.052 or 12.053 [this subchapter] may be revised:
		(1)  with the approval of the board of trustees that 
granted the charter;  and
		(2)  on a petition signed by a majority of the parents 
and a majority of the classroom teachers at the campus or in the 
program, as applicable.
	(b)  A charter granted under Section 12.0521 may be revised 
with the approval of the board of trustees that granted the charter.  
A charter may be revised under this subsection only before the first 
day of instruction of a school year or after the final day of 
instruction of a school year.