Bill Text: TX HB3339 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the conversion of certain public school campuses to charter campuses.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-18 - Referred to Public Education [HB3339 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB3339-Introduced.html
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| By: White | H.B. No. 3339 | |
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| relating to the conversion of certain public school campuses to | ||
| charter campuses. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 12, Education Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 12.0522 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 12.0522. ALTERNATIVE AUTHORIZATION: CERTAIN | ||
| UNACCEPTABLE CAMPUSES. (a) In accordance with this subchapter, | ||
| the board of trustees of a school district shall grant a charter to | ||
| parents for a campus if: | ||
| (1) the board is presented with a petition signed by | ||
| the parents of a majority of the students at that campus; and | ||
| (2) the campus has been assigned a rating of | ||
| unacceptable performance under Section 39.054 for the two preceding | ||
| school years. | ||
| (b) For purposes of Subsection (a)(1), the signature of only | ||
| one parent for each student is required. | ||
| (c) Not later than January 1 of each year, the commissioner | ||
| shall, based on the most recent information available, provide | ||
| notice to each school district in which a campus described by | ||
| Subsection (a)(2) is located that identifies each campus in the | ||
| district that meets the description in Subsection (a)(2). Not | ||
| later than February 1 of each year, a district shall notify the | ||
| parent of each student in the district assigned to attend a campus | ||
| described by Subsection (a)(2) that the parents are entitled to | ||
| petition the district to convert the campus to a charter campus as | ||
| provided by this section. The notice must contain a clear, concise | ||
| explanation of the petition and charter conversion process and of | ||
| the manner in which the parent may obtain further information about | ||
| the process. | ||
| (d) After the board of trustees of a school district | ||
| receives a petition under Subsection (a), the board shall issue a | ||
| request for proposals to select an entity to contract with the | ||
| district to provide educational services through the campus. | ||
| (e) The board of trustees of the school district shall | ||
| appoint a committee to, in accordance with board of trustees | ||
| policy, review each proposal submitted by an entity as provided by | ||
| Subsection (d) and make a recommendation regarding selection to the | ||
| board. The committee members must include members of the board of | ||
| trustees, district educators, and parents who signed the petition | ||
| under Subsection (a). At least two-thirds of the members appointed | ||
| to the committee must be parents who signed the petition under | ||
| Subsection (a). A parent who is a district employee is not | ||
| considered a parent member of the committee. | ||
| (f) The school district shall follow the recommendation of | ||
| the committee appointed under Subsection (e) to the greatest extent | ||
| practicable. | ||
| (g) If a school district fails to take the actions required | ||
| under this section, the parents may appeal to the commissioner and | ||
| the commissioner may take action to compel the district to act or | ||
| act on behalf of the district under this section. | ||
| SECTION 2. 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, 2011. | ||
