Bill Text: TX SB2071 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the first day of instruction for an open-enrollment charter school.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-28 - Referred to Education [SB2071 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-SB2071-Introduced.html

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85R172 SRS-D
By: Lucio S.B. No. 2071

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the first day of instruction for an open-enrollment
charter school.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 12.104(b), Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(b) An open-enrollment charter school is subject to:
(1) a provision of this title establishing a criminal
offense; and
(2) a prohibition, restriction, or requirement, as
applicable, imposed by this title or a rule adopted under this
title, relating to:
(A) the Public Education Information Management
System (PEIMS) to the extent necessary to monitor compliance with
this subchapter as determined by the commissioner;
(B) criminal history records under Subchapter C,
Chapter 22;
(C) the first day of instruction under Section
25.0811;
(D) reading instruments and accelerated reading
instruction programs under Section 28.006;
(E) [(D)] accelerated instruction under Section
28.0211;
(F) [(E)] high school graduation requirements
under Section 28.025;
(G) [(F)] special education programs under
Subchapter A, Chapter 29;
(H) [(G)] bilingual education under Subchapter
B, Chapter 29;
(I) [(H)] prekindergarten programs under
Subchapter E or E-1, Chapter 29;
(J) [(I)] extracurricular activities under
Section 33.081;
(K) [(J)] discipline management practices or
behavior management techniques under Section 37.0021;
(L) [(K)] health and safety under Chapter 38;
(M) [(L)] public school accountability under
Subchapters B, C, D, E, F, G, and J, Chapter 39;
(N) [(M)] the requirement under Section 21.006
to report an educator's misconduct;
(O) [(N)] intensive programs of instruction
under Section 28.0213; and
(P) [(O)] the right of a school employee to
report a crime, as provided by Section 37.148.
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2017-2018
school year.
SECTION 3. 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.