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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to petitions by parents of students for the repurposing, |
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alternative management, or closure of low-performing public school |
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campuses. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 39.107(a) and (e), Education Code, are |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) After a campus has been identified as unacceptable for |
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two consecutive school years, the commissioner shall order the |
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reconstitution of the campus, subject to Section 39.1071. |
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(e) If a campus is considered to have an unacceptable |
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performance rating for three consecutive school years after the |
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campus is reconstituted under Subsection (a), the commissioner, |
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subject to Subsection (e-1) or Section 39.1071 [(e-2)], shall |
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order: |
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(1) repurposing of the campus under this section; |
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(2) alternative management of the campus under this |
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section; or |
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(3) closure of the campus. |
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SECTION 2. Subchapter E, Chapter 39, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 39.1071 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 39.1071. PETITION BY PARENTS FOR REPURPOSING, |
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ALTERNATIVE MANAGEMENT, OR CLOSURE. (a) The parents of students |
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enrolled at a campus with an unacceptable performance rating under |
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Section 39.054 for two consecutive school years may, in the time and |
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manner specified by commissioner rule, submit a petition to the |
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commissioner requesting that the commissioner order one of the |
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following actions authorized by Section 39.107: |
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(1) repurposing of the campus; |
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(2) alternative management of the campus; or |
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(3) closure of the campus. |
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(b) If the petition is signed by the parents of a majority of |
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the students enrolled at the campus, the commissioner shall order |
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the specific action requested by the petition. |
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(c) For purposes of this section: |
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(1) "parent" has the meaning assigned by Section |
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12.051; and |
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(2) the signature of only one parent of a student is |
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required. |
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(d) The commissioner may adopt rules necessary to implement |
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this section. |
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SECTION 3. Sections 39.107(e-2) and (e-3), Education Code, |
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are repealed. |
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SECTION 4. This Act applies beginning with the 2015-2016 |
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school year. |
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SECTION 5. 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, 2015. |