Bill Text: TX SB2117 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Engrossed
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Bill Title: Relating to approval of school district and charter school partnerships to operate school district campuses and programs and to eligibility for state funding.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-10 - Effective immediately [SB2117 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB2117-Engrossed.html
Bill Title: Relating to approval of school district and charter school partnerships to operate school district campuses and programs and to eligibility for state funding.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-10 - Effective immediately [SB2117 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB2117-Engrossed.html
By: Bettencourt | S.B. No. 2117 |
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relating to state funding and accountability intervention and | ||
sanction provisions applicable to school district campuses and | ||
programs operated under school district and charter partnerships. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 11.157, Education Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 11.157. CONTRACTS FOR EDUCATIONAL SERVICES. (a) The | ||
board of trustees of an independent school district may contract | ||
with a public or private entity for that entity to provide | ||
educational services for the district. | ||
(b) A school district that contracts with the governing body | ||
of an open-enrollment charter school to jointly operate a campus or | ||
campus program qualifies for funding under Section 42.2511 for each | ||
student or the portion of each student's school day under the | ||
direction of the open-enrollment charter school if the most recent | ||
accountability rating of: | ||
(1) the campus was a C or higher under Subchapter C, | ||
Chapter 39; and | ||
(2) the open-enrollment charter school was a C or | ||
higher under Subchapters C and D, Chapter 39. | ||
(c) The commissioner may adopt rules and collect data to | ||
determine the portion of funding a school district is entitled to | ||
under Subsection (b) if the district contracts with an | ||
open-enrollment charter school to jointly operate a campus program. | ||
SECTION 2. Sections 11.174(f) and (i), Education Code, are | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(f) This subsection applies only to a district campus that | ||
is subject to a contract described by Subsection (a) entered into | ||
before September 1, 2019, and that received an overall performance | ||
rating of unacceptable under Subchapter C, Chapter 39, for the | ||
school year before operation of the district campus under the | ||
contract began. The commissioner may not impose a sanction or take | ||
action against the campus under Section 39A.101 [ |
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for failure to satisfy academic performance standards during the | ||
first two school years of operation of a district campus under | ||
Subsection (a). The overall performance rating received by the | ||
campus during those first two school years is not included in | ||
calculating consecutive school years and is not considered a break | ||
in consecutive school years under Section 39A.101 [ |
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any student residing in the attendance zone of the district campus | ||
as the attendance zone existed before operation of the district | ||
campus under the contract shall be admitted for enrollment at the | ||
campus. The contract must establish enrollment preference for | ||
students who do not reside in the attendance zone as follows: | ||
(1) other students residing in the school district in | ||
which the campus is located; and | ||
(2) students who reside outside the school district. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 39A.107, Education Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: | ||
(a-1) If, after a turnaround plan has been ordered under | ||
Section 39A.101, the commissioner approves a contract under Section | ||
11.174, the campus turnaround plan is considered to have been | ||
approved by the commissioner as provided by Subsection (a). | ||
SECTION 4. Sections 42.2511(a) and (b), Education Code, are | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) This section applies only to: | ||
(1) a school district and an open-enrollment charter | ||
school that enter into a contract to operate a district campus as | ||
provided by Section 11.174; [ |
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(2) a charter granted by a school district for a | ||
program operated by an entity that has entered into a contract under | ||
Section 11.174, provided that the district does not appoint a | ||
majority of the governing body of the charter holder; and | ||
(3) a school district that contracts with an | ||
open-enrollment charter school to jointly operate a campus or | ||
campus program as provided by Section 11.157(b). | ||
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter or | ||
Chapter 41, a school district subject to this section is entitled to | ||
receive for each student in average daily attendance at the campus | ||
or program described by Subsection (a) an amount equivalent to the | ||
difference, if the difference results in increased funding, | ||
between: | ||
(1) the amount described by Section 12.106; and | ||
(2) the amount to which the district would be entitled | ||
under this chapter. | ||
SECTION 5. Section 11.174(g), Education Code, is repealed. | ||
SECTION 6. This Act applies beginning with the 2019-2020 | ||
school year. | ||
SECTION 7. The Texas Education Agency is required to | ||
implement a provision of this Act only if the legislature | ||
appropriates money specifically for that purpose. If the | ||
legislature does not appropriate money specifically for that | ||
purpose, the Texas Education Agency may, but is not required to, | ||
implement a provision of this Act using other appropriations | ||
available for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 8. 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, 2019. |