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House Research Organization
a description of the program's governing structure;
* health and safety procedures for students and
employees;
* a description of how the program will conduct an
annual audit and participate in the Public Education
Information Management Service (PEIMS).
Students will be admitted to charter programs and
campus charters first on the basis of geographic and
residency considerations. Secondary consideration may
be given to a student's age, grade level or academic
credentials in general or in a specific area, as necessary
for the type of program offered.
Open-enrollment charter school
The SBOE may grant a charter for an open-
enrollment charter school upon receipt of a application
from an "eligible entity," which includes governmental
entities, public or private colleges or universities and
certain tax-exempt organizations. Open-enrollment charter
schools may be housed by a commercial or nonprofit
entity or a school district, including a home-rule school
district.
Open-enrollment charter schools may serve students
who reside inside or outside the district where the
facility is located. However, students' geographic
location and place of residence may be considered in
giving priority in admission.
Open-enrollment charter schools are part of the public
school system, and their funding is derived by a transfer
of local and state funds that would have been spent on
the student in the student's assigned school district.
Open-enrollment charters may be changed only with
SBOE approval and must:
describe the educational program to be offered, which
must include the required curriculum;
specify the period for which the charter is valid;
* provide that the charter is contingent on acceptable
student performance and assessment and on compliance
with any accountability provisions specified by the
charter;
* establish the level of student performance that is
considered acceptable;
specify any basis on which the charter may be placed
on probation or revoked or renewal of the charter denied;
* prohibit discrimination in admission policy on the
basis of gender, national origin, ethnicity, religion,
disability, academic or athletic ability, although the
charter may exclude a student with a documented history
of criminal offenses, juvenile court adjudication ordiscipline problems;
* specify the grade levels offered;
* describe the governing structure;
* specify professional employee qualifications;
* describe adoption of its annual budget process;
* describe how the program will conduct an annual audit
and participate in the Public Education Information
Management Service (PEIMS);
* describe the facilities to be used;
describe the geographic area served by its programs;
* specify any type of enrollment criteria to be used.
Probation, revocation, nonrenewal
Continued operation of each type of charter will be
contingent on satisfactory student performance.
The school board may place on probation, revoke or
deny renewal to a program or campus charter if the board
decides the program or campus violated its charter, did
not satisfy generally accepted accounting standards of
fiscal management or failed to comply with applicable
state laws or rules. The SBOE may modify, place on
probation, revoke or deny renewal to an open-enrollment
school charter for the same reasons.
Teacher employment
(Chapter 21)
Recruitment program
TEA must develop a teacher recruitment program that
includes a technology program for high school and
college presentations. The commissioner will identify
the need for teachers in specific subject areas and will
encourage members of under-represented groups to enter
the teaching profession.
State Board for Educator Certification
A new State Board for Educator Certification (SBEC)
will regulate and oversee all aspects of teacher
certification. The 15-member board will include five
citizens, four teachers, two administrators, one counselor
and a nonvoting dean of a Texas college of education, all
appointed by the governor. They will serve staggered
six-year terms. The commissioners of education and
higher education each will appoint a nonvoting member.
The chair will be a citizen member elected by the board.
The SBEC will make rules, which the SBOE, by a
two-thirds vote, may reject but not modify. The rules will
concern regulation of educators, the specification ofPage 6
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