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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to accountability of certain open-enrollment charter |
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schools serving students at high risk of dropping out of school. |
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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 12.137 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 12.137. ACCOUNTABILITY OF CERTAIN OPEN-ENROLLMENT |
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CHARTER SCHOOLS. (a) In this section, "student at high risk of |
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dropping out of school" means a student who: |
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(1) meets three or more of the criteria provided by |
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Section 29.081(d); or |
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(2) is at least 21 years of age but less than 26 years |
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of age and otherwise meets at least one of the criteria provided by |
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Section 29.081(d). |
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(b) This section applies only to an open-enrollment charter |
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school offering a high school curriculum in which 85 percent or more |
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of the students enrolled in the school on the date specified by the |
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agency are students at high risk of dropping out of school. |
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(c) An open-enrollment charter school to which this section |
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applies is not required to include the performance of a student at |
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high risk of dropping out of school in any accountability report |
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until the 180th day after the date the student first enrolls in the |
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school. For purposes of this subsection, "accountability report" |
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includes a report required under the academic excellence indicator |
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system described by Section 39.051 or the performance-based |
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monitoring analysis system. |
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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. |