By: Allen H.B. No. 4111

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the revocation of open-enrollment charter schools.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 12.115, Education Code, is amended by adding Subsection (c-2) to read as follows:

(c-2) For purposes of revocation under (c)(1), performance for any school year shall not be considered lower than satisfactory if, but for a data error reported by the charter school to the Public Education Information Management System, the school would have received a satisfactory rating either under the standard accountability system or under the alternative accountability system. For any school year that an open-enrollment charter school demonstrates that it would have received a satisfactory rating but for a data error reported by the charter school to the Public Education Information Management System, the commissioner shall change the school’s academic rating accordingly.

SECTION 2: As soon as practicable after the effective date of this Act, the commissioner of education shall adopt procedures for the application and implementation of Section 12.115(c-2), Education Code, as added by this Act.

SECTION 3. Section 12.115 (c-2), Education Code, as added by this Act, shall apply to all revocations considered or processed by the commissioner of education after the effective date of this Act and shall nullify any charter school revocation process or surrender in lieu of revocation process or agreement that is being considered or processed by the Commissioner of Education for a charter school’s performance in the 2013-2014, 2014-2015, or 2015-2016 school years.

SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2017.