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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to consideration of certain open-enrollment charter |
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school graduates for accountability purposes. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 39, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 39.0541 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 39.0541. EVALUATING OPEN-ENROLLMENT CHARTER SCHOOLS. |
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For purposes of evaluating an open-enrollment charter school for |
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adequate yearly progress under the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 |
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(20 U.S.C. Section 6301 et seq.) and, notwithstanding Section |
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39.053(c)(2), for accountability under this chapter and for |
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performance under an agency performance-based monitoring analysis |
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system, a student who graduates from the school is considered a high |
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school graduate regardless of whether the student graduates with |
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the student's ninth grade cohort. |
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SECTION 2. Section 39.0541, Education Code, as added by |
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this Act, applies beginning with the 2013-2014 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, 2013. |