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Amend CSHB 1 as follows:
58. Reporting on Open-Enrollment Charter Schools. (a) Out of funds appropriated above, the Texas Education Agency shall annually collect information from each open-enrollment charter school concerning fees collected from students by the open-enrollment charter school under the authority of Section 12.108(b), Education Code, and information about students who are conditionally accepted into an open-enrollment charter school via the lottery but the school chooses not to accept the student and students enrolled in an open-enrollment charter school who do not complete the school year at the school. The agency shall produce and submit to the legislature by January 1 of each year a report that details the following:
[(a)]
(1) the amount each open-enrollment charter school collects for each type of fee listed by Section 11.158(a), Education Code; [and]
[(b)]
(2) the [number] data of students enrolled in the charter school who do not complete the school year at the school by leaver code and by the six-week period the student exited [.];
(3) the data of students who are conditionally accepted into an open-enrollment charter school (via the lottery) but the school chooses not to accept the student; and
(4) the data of students who are expelled from an open-enrollment charter school.
(b) For items (a)(2), (a)(3), and (a)(4) above, data should include general demographics, including, but not limited to:
(1) gender;
(2) age;
(3) race;
(4) economically disadvantaged status;
(5) specified special education status, including 504 accommodations;
(6) designated school district; and
(7) reported reason for expulsion as defined by Section 37.007, Education Code.
(c) The Texas Education Agency shall complete a report with the above data from September 1, 2014, to August 31, 2019, due on January 1, 2020.