Amend SB 1241 (senate committee printing) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____. Subchapter D, Chapter 11, Education Code, is amended by adding Section 11.1544 to read as follows:
Sec. 11.1544. QUALIFYING OPEN-ENROLLMENT CHARTER SCHOOL PARTNERSHIP. (a) An independent school district may establish a qualifying partnership with an open-enrollment charter school in accordance with this section.
(b) A qualifying partnership between an independent school district and an open-enrollment charter school exists if the partnership agreement:
(1) confers on the open-enrollment charter school the right to use a district facility at no cost; and
(2) requires district-level collaboration with the open-enrollment charter school in at least one of the following areas:
(A) teacher and leader development;
(B) personalized learning; or
(C) college readiness and persistence.
(c) For the duration of a qualifying partnership between an independent school district and an open-enrollment charter school, each campus and program of the district is subject to this code and rules adopted under this code only to the extent that the code and rules apply to an open-enrollment charter school.
SECTION ____. Section 11.157, Education Code, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 11.157. CONTRACTS FOR EDUCATIONAL SERVICES. (a) The board of trustees of an independent school district may contract with a public or private entity for that entity to provide educational services for the district.
(b) If the board of trustees of an independent school district contracts under Subsection (a) for educational services provided by an open-enrollment charter school, the contract between the board and the charter holder must:
(1) specify whether students served under the contract will be funded as provided by Section 12.106 or as provided by Chapters 41 and 42;
(2) allocate to the district or open-enrollment charter school accountability data relating to the students served under the contract; and
(3) include other terms necessary to implement the purposes of the contract.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, the commissioner shall give effect to contract terms described by Subsections (b)(1) and (2) in providing funding under the Foundation School Program and in implementing the state accountability system under Chapter 39.
SECTION ____. Section 12.0522(d), Education Code, is amended to read as follows:
(d) Subchapter D applies to a campus granted a district charter under this section as though the campus were granted a charter under Subchapter D, and the campus is considered an open-enrollment charter school. The district charter must determine whether students served at the campus will be funded as provided by Section 12.106 or as provided by Chapters 41 and 42, and the commissioner shall give effect to that determination.