81R9726 KKA-F
 
  By: Gallegos S.B. No. 1891
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to performance ratings assigned to certain
  open-enrollment charter schools under the public school
  accountability system.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 39.072, Education Code, is amended by
  adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:
         (a-1)  Notwithstanding Subsection (a) or (c) or Section
  12.104(b)(2)(L), an open-enrollment charter school that provides
  educational services only to students confined by court order in a
  residential program or facility operated by a juvenile board:
               (1)  is not subject to assignment of a performance
  rating under Subsection (a); and
               (2)  shall be considered under the accountability
  system in the same manner as other entities that are not rated under
  that system.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2009.