Amend CSHB 1842 (senate committee printing) as follows:
(1) In SECTION 7 of the bill, in amended Section 39.107(a), Education Code (page 3, line 44), between "plan" and "[the", insert "
or may assign a state turnaround manager to assume management of the campus through a state turnaround district, as provided by Section 39.1101
".
(2) Add the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to the bill and renumber subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____. Section 39.110, Education Code, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 39.110. COSTS PAID BY DISTRICT. The costs of providing a monitor, conservator, management team, campus intervention team, technical assistance team, managing entity, or service provider or management by a state turnaround district under this subchapter shall be paid by the district. If the district fails or refuses to pay the costs in a timely manner, the commissioner may:
(1) pay the costs using amounts withheld from any funds to which the district is otherwise entitled; or
(2) recover the amount of the costs in the manner provided for recovery of an overallocation of state funds under Section 42.258.
SECTION ____. Subchapter E, Chapter 39, Education Code, is amended by adding Section 39.1101 to read as follows:
Sec. 39.1101. STATE TURNAROUND DISTRICT AND MANAGER. (a) The commissioner may establish a state turnaround school district and assign campuses identified as academically unacceptable for two consecutive school years to the district. The commissioner shall appoint a state turnaround manager to manage the district.
(b) The state turnaround school district has the powers and duties determined by the commissioner to be necessary to improve the performance of the students enrolled at any campus assigned to the district.
(c) The state turnaround manager has the powers and duties of a conservator or management team under Section 39.111 with regard to each campus assigned to the district.
(d) The state turnaround manager may authorize a district charter under Section 12.0522 for any campus assigned to the district. Section 12.0522(b) does not apply to a district charter authorized under this subsection.
(e) The commissioner shall adopt rules necessary to implement this section.