86R9018 SRS-F
	By: Allison	H.B. No. 2776

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to requiring an open-enrollment charter school to prepare
	an informed choice report containing certain information about the
	school.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter D, Chapter 12, Education Code, is
	amended by adding Section 12.138 to read as follows:
	Sec. 12.138.  INFORMED CHOICE REPORT. (a) Not later than
	December 1 of each year, an open-enrollment charter school shall
	prepare and submit to the agency an informed choice report in the
	format and manner provided by the agency. The informed choice
	report must include the following information:
	(1)  the information contained in the most recent
	campus report card for each campus of the school under Section
	39.305;
	(2)  student demographics, including the percentage of
	students eligible for and enrolled in programs for which the school
	receives an allotment under Section 42.151, 42.152, 42.153, 42.154,
	or 42.156;
	(3)  the school year calendar for the current school
	year and the next school year, if known;
	(4)  information regarding transportation and meals
	provided to students by the school, including if the school
	participates in the national free or reduced-price lunch program
	established under 42 U.S.C. Section 1751 et seq.;
	(5)  for each high school campus of the school, the
	availability of:
	(A)  courses that are part of an endorsement
	curriculum under Section 28.025(c-1); and
	(B)  dual credit courses under Section 28.009;
	(6)  extracurricular activities offered, including
	music, arts, and sports;
	(7)  the number of courses in enrichment curriculum
	subjects offered, including fine arts;
	(8)  for each elementary school campus of the school,
	the availability of opportunities for students in a grade level
	below grade six to participate in moderate or vigorous daily
	physical activity for at least 30 minutes;
	(9)  a list of parental rights and responsibilities the
	school provides or elects not to provide under Chapter 26,
	including access to student records and review of teaching
	materials and assessments;
	(10)  any parental requirements to participate or
	volunteer at the school or for school programs, including an
	estimate of the time commitment required;
	(11)  teacher information, including:
	(A)  the percentage of teachers who are
	uncertified or assigned to teach courses outside the teacher's area
	of certification;
	(B)  average years of experience;
	(C)  the annual attrition rate; and
	(D)  average salary;
	(12)  the number of spots available for new students at
	each grade level;
	(13)  the number of applicants for admission for each
	grade level who are on a waiting list;
	(14)  information regarding admission criteria,
	including the application for admission and disciplinary history
	considerations that could exclude an applicant from admission to
	the school;
	(15)  information regarding specific criteria,
	policies, and procedures for discipline or expulsion included in
	the school's code of conduct that differ from the requirements for
	school districts in Chapter 37;
	(16)  rates of student suspension, expulsion, and
	attrition;
	(17)  any additional requirements for student
	graduation that exceed the graduation requirements for a student
	enrolled at a school district;
	(18)  a list of courses, materials, and assessments
	that use common core state standards, as defined by Section
	28.002(b-1);
	(19)  if the school is not required to comply with
	Subchapter D, Chapter 32, information regarding how the school
	protects covered information, as defined by Section 32.151;
	(20)  if the school provides a full-time online program
	through the state virtual school network, information regarding:
	(A)  the entity that provides the program;
	(B)  course completion rates;
	(C)  course attrition rates;
	(D)  aggregate student performance on assessment
	instruments administered under Section 39.023 for the previous five
	years; and
	(E)  if the entity previously provided an online
	program for a school district or open-enrollment charter school,
	aggregate student performance on assessment instruments
	administered under Section 39.023 for the last five years during
	which the entity provided the program;
	(21)  if students have access to a school library;
	(22)  the number of school counselors and nurses
	available at each campus of the school; and
	(23)  whether the school's performance is measured
	using an alternative accountability system.
	(b)  Not later than January 1 of each year, the agency shall
	post each open-enrollment charter school's informed choice report
	on the agency's Internet website. An open-enrollment charter
	school shall post on the school's admission information web page of
	the school's Internet website:
	(1)  the school's informed choice report; or
	(2)  a link to the school's informed choice report on
	the agency's website.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.