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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a school district contract to partner with an |
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open-enrollment charter school to operate a district campus and |
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share education resources. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 11, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 11.174 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 11.174. CONTRACT WITH OPEN-ENROLLMENT CHARTER SCHOOL |
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REGARDING OPERATION OF DISTRICT CAMPUS. (a) The board of trustees |
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of a school district may contract with the governing body of an |
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open-enrollment charter school for the district to partner with the |
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charter school to operate a district campus and share teachers, |
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facilities, or other education resources on that campus. |
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(b) The board of trustees of a school district may not enter |
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into a contract as provided by Subsection (a) if: |
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(1) the charter of the open-enrollment charter school |
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has been previously revoked; or |
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(2) the charter school has received an unacceptable |
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performance rating under Subchapter C, Chapter 39, for each of the |
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three school years preceding the school year of the proposed |
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operation of the district campus as described by Subsection (a). |
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(c) Except as provided by Subsection (d), the commissioner |
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shall continue to evaluate and assign performance ratings under |
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Section 39.054 to a school district, district campus, and |
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open-enrollment charter school subject to a contract described by |
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Subsection (a). |
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(d) This subsection applies only to a campus subject to a |
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contract described by Subsection (a) that received a D or F for a |
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performance rating under Subchapter C, Chapter 39, for the school |
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year before the school district and the open-enrollment charter |
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school began operation of the district campus. Notwithstanding any |
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other law, the commissioner shall assign a campus subject to this |
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subsection a performance rating of "undesignated" under Section |
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39.054 for the first school year of the operation of the campus by |
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the district and the charter school. The commissioner may not |
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impose a sanction or take action against the campus under |
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Subchapter E, Chapter 39, for failure to satisfy academic |
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performance standards during that first school year. |
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(e) The commissioner may adopt rules as necessary to |
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administer this section. |
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SECTION 2. Subchapter A, Chapter 42, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 42.010 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 42.010. SCHOOL DISTRICT ENTITLEMENT FOR CERTAIN |
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STUDENTS. (a) This section applies only to a school district and |
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an open-enrollment charter school that enter into a contract to |
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operate a district campus and share teachers, facilities, or other |
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education resources as provided by Section 11.174. |
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(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a |
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school district and open-enrollment charter school to which this |
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section applies collectively are entitled to receive the greater of |
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the following amount for each student in weighted average daily |
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attendance at the campus: |
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(1) the amount to which the district would be entitled |
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under this chapter; or |
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(2) the amount described by Section 12.106. |
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(c) The amount provided under Subsection (b) must be |
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allocated in accordance with the contract described by Subsection |
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(a). |
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(d) The commissioner shall adopt rules as necessary to |
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administer this section. |
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SECTION 3. This Act applies beginning with the 2017-2018 |
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school year. |
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SECTION 4. 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, 2017. |