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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to revocation of charters for certain open-enrollment |
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charter schools. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 12.115, Education Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsections (c) and (d) to read |
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as follows: |
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(a) Except as provided by Subsection (c), the [The] |
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commissioner may modify, place on probation, revoke, or deny |
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renewal of the charter of an open-enrollment charter school if the |
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commissioner determines that the charter holder: |
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(1) committed a material violation of the charter, |
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including failure to satisfy accountability provisions prescribed |
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by the charter; |
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(2) failed to satisfy generally accepted accounting |
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standards of fiscal management; |
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(3) failed to protect the health, safety, or welfare |
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of the students enrolled at the school; or |
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(4) failed to comply with this subchapter or another |
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applicable law or rule. |
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(c) The commissioner shall revoke the charter of an |
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open-enrollment charter school if, for the three preceding school |
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years: |
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(1) a campus operating under the charter has been |
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assigned an unacceptable performance rating under Subchapter C, |
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Chapter 39; or |
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(2) the charter holder has been assigned a financial |
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accountability performance rating indicating performance that is |
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lower than satisfactory under Subchapter D, Chapter 39. |
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(d) A campus of an open-enrollment charter school rated as |
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academically unacceptable under Subchapter D, Chapter 39, as that |
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subchapter existed January 1, 2009, for the 2010-2011 school year |
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is considered to have been assigned an unacceptable performance |
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rating for that school year under Subsection (c)(1). This |
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subsection expires September 1, 2015. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2013-2014 |
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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, 2013. |