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Amend CSSB 4 (Senate committee printing) in SECTION 2 of the
bill, in added Section 11A.202, Education Code (page 13, line 44,
through page 14, line 15), by striking Subsections (b)-(f) and
substituting the following:
(b) In accordance with this section, a charter holder is
initially eligible for instructional facilities allotments for a
campus of a public charter district for which the charter holder has
been granted a charter if:
(1) the campus has for the two preceding school years
been rated recognized or exemplary under Subchapter D, Chapter 39;
and
(2) on the most recent audit of the financial
operations of the district conducted pursuant to Section 11A.210,
the district has satisfied generally accepted accounting standards
of fiscal management as evidenced by an unqualified opinion in the
standard audit report issued and filed pursuant to Section 11A.210.
(c) Once a public charter district campus satisfies the
initial eligibility requirements under Subsection (b)(1) and
receives an allotment under this section, the campus continues to
remain eligible until the campus receives an accountability rating
of academically acceptable for three consecutive school years under
Subchapter D, Chapter 39, at which point the campus is again subject
to the eligibility requirements of Subsection (b)(1).
(d) The commissioner annually shall review the eligibility
of a public charter district campus for purposes of this section.
(e) Except as otherwise provided by this section, a charter
holder that is eligible for an allotment under this section is
entitled to an annual allotment in an amount determined by the
commissioner, not to exceed $1,000 or a different amount provided
by appropriation, for each student in average daily attendance
during the preceding year at a public charter district campus that
satisfies the initial eligibility requirements under Subsection
(b)(1).
(f) A charter holder who receives funds under this section
may use the funds only for a public charter district campus for
which the funds were paid under Subsection (e) and only to:
(1) purchase real property on which to construct an
instructional facility for the campus;
(2) purchase, lease, construct, expand, or renovate
instructional facilities for the campus;
(3) pay debt service in connection with instructional
facilities purchased or improved for the campus; or
(4) maintain and operate instructional facilities for
the campus.