Journal of the Senate of Texas: 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, Thursday, April 11, 2013 Page: 864
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(8) 330 charters beginning September 1, 2020 [fer- ampen-emirllmen
eha4er-seNehe].
(b-2) Beginning September 1, 2021, the total number of charters for
open-enrollment charter schools that may be granted is the sum of the number of
charters authorized to be granted as of the preceding fiscal year plus 10 additional
charters.
(b-3) The commissioner may not grant more than one charter for an
open-enrollment charter school to any charter holder. The commissioner may
consolidate charters for an open-enrollment charter school held by multiple charter
holders into a single charter held by a single charter holder with the written consent to
the terms of consolidation by or at the request of each charter holder affected by the
consolidation.
(b-4) A charter holder having an accreditation status of accredited and at least 50
percent of its student population in grades assessed under Subchapter B, Chapter 39,
may establish one or more new open-enrollment charter school campuses under an
existing charter held by the charter holder if:
(1) the charter holder is currently evaluated under the standard
accountability procedures for evaluation under Chapter 39 and received a district
rating in the highest or second highest performance rating category under Subchapter
C, Chapter 39, for three of the last five years with at least 75 percent of the campuses
rated under the charter also receiving a rating in the highest or second highest
performance rating category and with no campus with a rating in the lowest
performance rating category in the most recent ratings;
(2) the charter holder provides written notice to the commissioner of the
establishment of any campus under this subsection in the time, manner, and form
provided by rule of the commissioner; and
(3) not later than the 60th day after the date the charter holder provides
written notice under Subdivision (2), the commissioner does not provide written
notice to the charter holder disapproving a new campus under this section.
(b-5) The initial term of a charter granted under this section is five years.
(b-6) The commissioner shall adopt rules to modify criteria for granting a
charter for an open-enrollment charter school under this section to the extent
necessary to address changes in performance rating categories or in the financial
accountability system under Chapter 39.
SECTION 8. Subchapter D, Chapter 12, Education Code, is amended by adding
Section 12.1011 to read as follows:
Sec. 12.1011. CHARTER AUTHORIZATION FOR HIGH-PERFORMING
ENTITIES; LIMIT NOT APPLICABLE. (a) Notwithstanding Section 12.101(b), the
commissioner may grant a charter for an open-enrollment charter school to an
applicant that is:
(1) an eligible entity under Section 12.101(a)(3) that proposes to operate the
charter school program of a charter operator that operates one or more charter schools
in another state and with which the eligible entity is affiliated and, as determined by
the commissioner in accordance with commissioner rule, has performed at a level of
performance comparable to performance under the highest or second highest
performance rating category under Subchapter C, Chapter 39; or864
83rd Legislature- Regular Session
39th Day
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