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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the entitlement of a public school student to transfer |
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to a public school campus with a higher overall performance rating |
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under the school accountability system. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 25, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 25.044 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 25.044. TRANSFER TO CAMPUS WITH HIGHER PERFORMANCE |
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RATING. (a) A student may transfer to another public school campus |
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as provided by this section if the campus to which the student seeks |
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to transfer is assigned an overall performance rating under Section |
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39.054 that is at least two letter grades higher than the overall |
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performance rating under Section 39.054 assigned to the campus the |
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student would otherwise attend. |
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(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), a student may |
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transfer in accordance with Subsection (a) to another campus in the |
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district in which the student resides or to another campus in |
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another district. |
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(c) A school district shall admit a student entitled to |
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transfer under this section to the campus selected by the student |
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unless the campus does not have available capacity. A school |
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district that receives more requests to transfer to a campus under |
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this section than the number of available positions at the campus |
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must fill the available positions by lottery. |
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(d) After a student transfers to another campus in |
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accordance with this section, the student may continue attending |
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that campus in subsequent school years regardless of the subsequent |
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overall performance ratings under Section 39.054 of the campus to |
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which the student transferred and the campus that the student would |
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otherwise attend. |
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(e) A student who transfers to another campus under this |
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section, including a campus in a district other than the district in |
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which the student resides, may not be charged tuition. The student |
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is included in the average daily attendance of the district in which |
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the student attends school. |
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(f) The commissioner may adopt rules necessary to implement |
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this section. |
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SECTION 2. Subchapter C, Chapter 42, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 42.1571 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 42.1571. TRANSFER STUDENT ALLOTMENT. (a) Except as |
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provided by Subsection (b), for each student in average daily |
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attendance who transfers in accordance with Section 25.044 to a |
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campus in a district other than the district in which the student |
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resides, the district in which the student attends school is |
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entitled to an annual allotment equal to the adjusted basic |
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allotment multiplied by a weight of 0.1. |
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(b) The total number of allotments under this section to |
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which a district is entitled may not exceed the number by which the |
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number of students transferring to campuses in the district exceeds |
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the number of students who reside in the district and transfer in |
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accordance with Section 25.044 to campuses in another district. |
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SECTION 3. This Act applies beginning with the 2018-2019 |
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school year. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |