(a) Student performance. Notwithstanding any provision
in an open-enrollment charter, acceptable student performance under
Texas Education Code, §12.111(a)(3), shall at a minimum require
overall student performance meeting the standards for an "academically
acceptable" rating as defined by §100.1001(26) of this title
(relating to Definitions).
(b) Reporting child abuse or neglect. A charter holder
shall adopt and disseminate to all charter school staff and volunteers
a policy governing child abuse reports required by Texas Family Code,
Chapter 261. The policy shall require that employees, volunteers,
or agents of the charter holder and the charter school report child
abuse or neglect directly to an appropriate entity listed in Texas
Family Code, Chapter 261.
(c) Admission and enrollment. A charter holder for
an open-enrollment charter school shall have an admission and enrollment
policy as outlined in §100.1207 of this title (relating to Student
Admission), including prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sex;
national origin; ethnicity; religion; disability; academic, artistic,
or athletic ability; or the district the child would otherwise attend
under state law.
(d) Notice of expulsion or withdrawal. A charter school
shall notify the school district in which the student resides within
three business days of any action expelling or withdrawing a student
from the charter school.
(e) Data reporting. A charter holder and its charter
school shall report timely and accurate information required by the
commissioner of education to the Texas Education Agency (TEA), except
as expressly waived by the commissioner.
(f) Student records. Student records shall be secure
and maintained physically within the state of Texas at all times.
Charter school personnel shall respond to requests for records in
a timely and appropriate manner. Charter schools shall participate
in the Texas Records Exchange (TREx) system and shall follow TREx
data standards.
(g) Scholastic year. A charter holder shall adopt a
school year for the charter school, with fixed beginning and ending
dates. The charter school shall submit a copy of the charter school's
campus calendars to the TEA division responsible for charter school
administration prior to the first day of August of each year.
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Source Note: The provisions of this §100.1211 adopted to be effective April 18, 2002, 27 TexReg 3110; amended to be effective April 6, 2005, 30 TexReg 1911; amended to be effective September 18, 2014, 39 TexReg 7295; amended to be effective August 28, 2019, 44 TexReg 4478 |