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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to campuses of an open-enrollment charter school. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 12.101(b-4), Education Code, is amended |
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by adding a new Subsection (4) to read as follows: |
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(b-4) Notwithstanding Section 12.114, approval of the |
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commissioner under that section is not required for establishment |
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of a new open-enrollment charter school campus if the requirements |
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of this subsection are satisfied. A charter holder having an |
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accreditation status of accredited and at least 50 percent of its |
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student population in grades assessed under Subchapter B, Chapter |
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39, or at least 50 percent of the students in the grades assessed |
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having been enrolled in the school for at least three school years |
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may establish one or more new campuses under an existing charter |
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held by the charter holder if: |
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(1) the charter holder is currently evaluated under |
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the standard accountability procedures for evaluation under |
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Chapter 39 and received a district rating in the highest or second |
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highest performance rating category under Subchapter C, Chapter 39, |
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for three of the last five years with at least 75 percent of the |
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campuses rated under the charter also receiving a rating in the |
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highest or second highest performance rating category and with no |
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campus with a rating in the lowest performance rating category in |
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the most recent ratings; |
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(2) the charter holder provides written notice to the |
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commissioner of the establishment of any campus under this |
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subsection in the time, manner, and form provided by rule of the |
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commissioner; and |
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(3) not later than the 60th day after the date the |
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charter holder provides written notice under Subdivision (2), the |
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commissioner does not provide written notice to the charter holder |
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that the commissioner has determined that the charter holder does |
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not satisfy the requirements of this section.; and |
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(4) the charter holder cannot establish one or more |
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new campuses under an existing charter held by the charter holder if |
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the new campuses would be located within a public school district |
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that is currently evaluated under the standard accountability |
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procedures for evaluation under Chapter 39 and received a district |
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rating in the highest or second highest performance rating category |
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under Subchapter C, Chapter 39, for three of the last five years |
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with at least 75 percent of the campuses rated in the public school |
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district receiving a rating in the highest or second highest |
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performance rating category and with no campus with a rating in the |
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lowest performance rating category in the most recent ratings. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2021-2022 |
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school year. |
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SECTION 3. 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, 2021. |