Bill Text: TX HB2776 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to requiring an open-enrollment charter school to prepare an informed choice report containing certain information about the school.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-26 - Committee report sent to Calendars [HB2776 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB2776-Introduced.html
| 86R9018 SRS-F | ||
| By: Allison | H.B. No. 2776 | |
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| relating to requiring an open-enrollment charter school to prepare | ||
| an informed choice report containing certain information about the | ||
| school. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 12, Education Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 12.138 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 12.138. INFORMED CHOICE REPORT. (a) Not later than | ||
| December 1 of each year, an open-enrollment charter school shall | ||
| prepare and submit to the agency an informed choice report in the | ||
| format and manner provided by the agency. The informed choice | ||
| report must include the following information: | ||
| (1) the information contained in the most recent | ||
| campus report card for each campus of the school under Section | ||
| 39.305; | ||
| (2) student demographics, including the percentage of | ||
| students eligible for and enrolled in programs for which the school | ||
| receives an allotment under Section 42.151, 42.152, 42.153, 42.154, | ||
| or 42.156; | ||
| (3) the school year calendar for the current school | ||
| year and the next school year, if known; | ||
| (4) information regarding transportation and meals | ||
| provided to students by the school, including if the school | ||
| participates in the national free or reduced-price lunch program | ||
| established under 42 U.S.C. Section 1751 et seq.; | ||
| (5) for each high school campus of the school, the | ||
| availability of: | ||
| (A) courses that are part of an endorsement | ||
| curriculum under Section 28.025(c-1); and | ||
| (B) dual credit courses under Section 28.009; | ||
| (6) extracurricular activities offered, including | ||
| music, arts, and sports; | ||
| (7) the number of courses in enrichment curriculum | ||
| subjects offered, including fine arts; | ||
| (8) for each elementary school campus of the school, | ||
| the availability of opportunities for students in a grade level | ||
| below grade six to participate in moderate or vigorous daily | ||
| physical activity for at least 30 minutes; | ||
| (9) a list of parental rights and responsibilities the | ||
| school provides or elects not to provide under Chapter 26, | ||
| including access to student records and review of teaching | ||
| materials and assessments; | ||
| (10) any parental requirements to participate or | ||
| volunteer at the school or for school programs, including an | ||
| estimate of the time commitment required; | ||
| (11) teacher information, including: | ||
| (A) the percentage of teachers who are | ||
| uncertified or assigned to teach courses outside the teacher's area | ||
| of certification; | ||
| (B) average years of experience; | ||
| (C) the annual attrition rate; and | ||
| (D) average salary; | ||
| (12) the number of spots available for new students at | ||
| each grade level; | ||
| (13) the number of applicants for admission for each | ||
| grade level who are on a waiting list; | ||
| (14) information regarding admission criteria, | ||
| including the application for admission and disciplinary history | ||
| considerations that could exclude an applicant from admission to | ||
| the school; | ||
| (15) information regarding specific criteria, | ||
| policies, and procedures for discipline or expulsion included in | ||
| the school's code of conduct that differ from the requirements for | ||
| school districts in Chapter 37; | ||
| (16) rates of student suspension, expulsion, and | ||
| attrition; | ||
| (17) any additional requirements for student | ||
| graduation that exceed the graduation requirements for a student | ||
| enrolled at a school district; | ||
| (18) a list of courses, materials, and assessments | ||
| that use common core state standards, as defined by Section | ||
| 28.002(b-1); | ||
| (19) if the school is not required to comply with | ||
| Subchapter D, Chapter 32, information regarding how the school | ||
| protects covered information, as defined by Section 32.151; | ||
| (20) if the school provides a full-time online program | ||
| through the state virtual school network, information regarding: | ||
| (A) the entity that provides the program; | ||
| (B) course completion rates; | ||
| (C) course attrition rates; | ||
| (D) aggregate student performance on assessment | ||
| instruments administered under Section 39.023 for the previous five | ||
| years; and | ||
| (E) if the entity previously provided an online | ||
| program for a school district or open-enrollment charter school, | ||
| aggregate student performance on assessment instruments | ||
| administered under Section 39.023 for the last five years during | ||
| which the entity provided the program; | ||
| (21) if students have access to a school library; | ||
| (22) the number of school counselors and nurses | ||
| available at each campus of the school; and | ||
| (23) whether the school's performance is measured | ||
| using an alternative accountability system. | ||
| (b) Not later than January 1 of each year, the agency shall | ||
| post each open-enrollment charter school's informed choice report | ||
| on the agency's Internet website. An open-enrollment charter | ||
| school shall post on the school's admission information web page of | ||
| the school's Internet website: | ||
| (1) the school's informed choice report; or | ||
| (2) a link to the school's informed choice report on | ||
| the agency's website. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
