TITLE: Relating to parental involvement in certain procedures regarding a school campus receiving an unacceptable performance rating under certain circumstances.

SUMMARY: Relating to parental involvement in certain procedures regarding a school campus receiving an unacceptable performance rating under certain circumstances.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to parental involvement in certain procedures regarding a school campus receiving an unacceptable performance rating under certain circumstances. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Sections 39.107(a), (e), and (e-2), are amended to read as follows: (a) Except as provided by Subsection (e-2), after [After] a campus has been identified as unacceptable for two consecutive school years, the commissioner shall order the reconstitution of the campus. (e) If a campus is considered to have an unacceptable performance rating for two [three] consecutive school years after the campus is reconstituted under Subsection (a), the commissioner, subject to Subsection (e-1) or (e-2), shall order: (1) repurposing of the campus under this section; (2) alternative management of the campus under this section; or (3) closure of the campus. (e-2) For purposes of this subsection, "parent" has the meaning assigned by Section 12.051. If the commissioner is presented, in the time and manner specified by commissioner rule, a written petition signed by the parents of a majority of the students enrolled at a campus to which Subsection (a) or (e) applies, specifying an [the] action described by Subsection (e)(1), (2), or (3) that the parents request the commissioner to order, the commissioner shall [ except as otherwise authorized by this subsection] order the specific action requested. The commissioner shall adopt rules defining the role of parents in the implementation of the requested action, including selection of an alternative management provider or entity engaged for repurposing, as applicable [If the board of trustees of the school district in which the campus is located presents to the commissioner, in the time and manner specified by commissioner rule, a written request that the commissioner order specific action authorized under Subsection (c) other than the specific action requested in the parents' petition and a written explanation of the basis for the board's request, the commissioner may order the action requested by the board of trustees].SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply beginning with the 2013-2014 school year. SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act supersede any other law to the extent of a conflict. SECTION 4. 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.