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AN ACT
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relating to approval of school district and charter school |
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partnerships to operate school district campuses and programs and |
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to eligibility for state funding. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 11.157, Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 11.157. CONTRACTS FOR EDUCATIONAL SERVICES. (a) The |
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board of trustees of an independent school district may contract |
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with a public or private entity for that entity to provide |
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educational services for the district. |
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(b) A school district under contract with an |
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open-enrollment charter school to jointly operate a campus or |
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campus program during the 2017-2018 school year and under any |
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renewal of that contract is eligible to receive funding under |
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Section 42.2511 for each student or the portion of each student's |
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school day under the direction of the open-enrollment charter |
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school. The commissioner may adopt rules to determine the portion |
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of funding a school district is entitled to under this subsection. |
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SECTION 2. Sections 42.2511(a) and (b), Education Code, are |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) This section applies only to: |
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(1) a school district and an open-enrollment charter |
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school that enter into a contract to operate a district campus as |
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provided by Section 11.174; [and] |
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(2) a charter granted by a school district for a |
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program operated by an entity that has entered into a contract under |
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Section 11.174, provided that the district does not appoint a |
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majority of the governing body of the charter holder; and |
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(3) a school district that contracts with an |
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open-enrollment charter school to jointly operate a campus or |
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campus program as provided by Section 11.157(b). |
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(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter or |
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Chapter 41, a school district subject to this section is entitled to |
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receive for each student in average daily attendance at the campus |
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or program described by Subsection (a) an amount equivalent to the |
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difference, if the difference results in increased funding, |
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between: |
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(1) the amount described by Section 12.106; and |
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(2) the amount to which the district would be entitled |
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under this chapter. |
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SECTION 3. This Act applies beginning with the 2019-2020 |
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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, 2019. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 2117 passed the Senate on |
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May 1, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 29, Nays 2; and that the |
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Senate concurred in House amendments on May 25, 2019, by the |
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following vote: Yeas 27, Nays 3. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 2117 passed the House, with |
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amendments, on May 22, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 103, |
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Nays 37, one present not voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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Approved: |
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Governor |