Amend CSSB 2 (house committee report) by inserting into the bill the following appropriately numbered new SECTIONS and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____. Section 12.052(a), Education Code, is amended to read as follows:
(a) In accordance with this subchapter, the board of trustees of a school district or the governing body of a home-rule school district shall [may] grant or deny, through a public vote, a charter to parents and teachers for a campus or a program on a campus if the board is presented with a petition signed by:
(1) the parents of a majority of the students at that school campus; and
(2) a majority of the classroom teachers at that school campus.
SECTION ____. Subchapter C, Chapter 12, Education Code, is amended by adding Section 12.0531 to read as follows:
Sec. 12.0531. PERFORMANCE CONTRACT; DURATION OF CHARTER. If a charter is granted under this subchapter, the board of trustees of the school district that granted the charter shall enter into a performance contract with, as applicable, a campus- or program-level planning and decision-making committee representing the parents, teachers, and the principal or equivalent chief operating officer of the campus or program. The performance contract must specify enhanced authority granted to the principal or equivalent officer in order to achieve the academic goals that must be met by campus or program students. A charter granted under this subchapter expires 10 years from the date the charter is granted unless the specified goals are substantially met, as determined by the board of trustees of the school district that granted the charter.