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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to treatment under the public school accountability system |
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of an open-enrollment charter school that is operated by a juvenile |
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board and that focuses on juvenile justice or corrections. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 12, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 12.136 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 12.136. ACCOUNTABILITY: CHARTER SCHOOLS OPERATED BY |
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JUVENILE BOARD AND FOCUSED ON JUVENILE JUSTICE. (a) This section |
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applies only to an open-enrollment charter school that is operated |
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by a juvenile board and that focuses on juvenile justice or |
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corrections. |
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(b) Academically, the mission of an open-enrollment charter |
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school to which this section applies as provided by Subsection (a) |
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is to enable students to perform at or above grade level. For |
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purposes of accountability under Chapter 39, a student enrolled in |
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the school is reported as if the student were enrolled at the |
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student's assigned campus in the student's regularly assigned |
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education program, including a special education program. |
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Annually, the school, with the agreement of the commissioner, shall |
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develop and implement a system of accountability consistent with |
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Chapter 39, where appropriate, to assure that students make |
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academic progress toward grade level while attending the school. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2009-2010 |
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school year. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |