DEPOSITORY CONTRACT House Bill 6 requires that charter schools submit a copy of their depository contract with their bank information to TEA. Charter schools are not required to use the contract form prescribed for traditional school districts. Although the legislature has not required the use of a specific contract form, the Association of Charter Educators has prepared a model form (attached) for your convenience. Charter schools may submit this contract to TEA, Division of School Financial Audits, Charter Schools Audits Section, 1701 N. Congress, Austin, TX 78701.

6^TH ANNUAL BALANCING EDUCATION & JUVENILE JUSTICE CONFERENCE will be at the Crown Plaza Medical Center Hotel in Houston on October 21 - 23, 2001. The conference is an excellent opportunity for educators working with students in the juvenile system to learn instructional strategies. There will be sessions about special education law, when behavior is a crime, disciplining special education students, etc. The conference registration fee is $85 and rooms can be reserved at the Crowne Plaza for $70 if reserved before September 30. More information and registration can be found at www.tasb.org. The conference is sponsored by TEA, Texas Juvenile Probation Commission and Texas Association of School Boards. For information call Jenna Watts at 512-463-9682.

SIXTH ANNUAL TEXAS CHARTER SCHOOL CONFERENCE will be held on Monday and Tuesday, April 29 & 30, 2002 at the Moody Gardens Hotel in Galveston. We are pleased to announce that Commissioner Jim Nelson will once again be a keynote speaker. Watch the Friday Fax® for details.

BOARD TRAINING The Resource Center has been working with one of our donors since April planning a Board Training project that will fulfill HB6 requirements. The new Commissioner's Rules will be complete on January 1, 2002 and we will offer Charter School Board Training in Houston, Dallas/Ft. Worth, Austin, San Antonio, Corpus Christi/Valley beginning in January, 2002. We are working with several donors and anticipate we will provide this training free of charge. Watch the Friday Fax® for details.

CHARTER SCHOOL ORIENTATION The Division of Charter Schools at TEA is hosting a Charter School Orientation on October 22 & 23, 2001. Representatives from many divisions at the agency will make presentations that pertain to both new charter schools and also to established charters with new staff members, or with existing staff who want a refresher in some areas. You may bring as many staff members as you like. There is no charge for the orientation. A tentative agenda will appear in the Friday Fax® on October 5. The sessions will run from 10:00 - 5:00 on October 22 and from 8:00 - 3:30 on October 23. Please RSVP to the charter school division at 512-463-9575.

STATE OF TEXAS                COUNTY OF_____________________________

County-District Number________________________________________

Bank Routing Number _________________________________________

ARTICLE I. (insert name of depository bank), hereinafter referred to as the "Depository," located at (insert address, city, zip code, name of county)___County, State of Texas, being a bank as that term is defined in section 45.201 of the Texas Education Code, hereinafter referred to as "the Code", was duly selected by the governing body of the ___________________________ Charter School located in __________________ County, Texas, hereinafter referred to as the "School," to serve as the Depository of the school funds of the School received under Section 12.106, Texas Education Code, except those school funds permitted by law to be deposited or invested in accordance with Sections 2256.009-2256.016, Texas Government Code at the sole discretion of the governing board of the School. The action of the governing board of the school was duly taken and the Depository is to serve pursuant to this contract until its successor is selected and has qualified unless sooner terminated by Depository's failure to adhere to all requirements of the Code and of this contract.

ARTICLE II. This contract is executed by the School and the Depository in three copies, all of which shall be deemed originals.

Type of Account: __________ Checking ___________ Savings (Check One)

Transit Routing Number _________________________________________ (Must be 9 digits)

Account Number _______________________________________________ (Up to 13 digits)

AGREED AND ACCEPTED on behalf of the School this the ___day of___________________, 2001.

Signature of President of School Board _____________________________________________

Signature of Secretary of School Board _____________________________________________

A T T E S T:
AGREED AND ACCEPTED on behalf of Depository this the ___day of__________________, 2001.

STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF _____________________

Before me, the undersigned authority in and for said county and state, on this day personally appeared (insert name of bank officer)________________________________ known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument on behalf of the Depository named therein, and known to me to be an officer authorized to execute the foregoing instrument on behalf of said depository, and acknowledged to me that (s)he executed the same as the act and deed of said Depository, for the purpose therein expressed and in the capacity therein stated.

Given under my hand and seal of office this the _____ day of _____________________________, 2001

ACCEPTED AND FILED AT TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY, AUSTIN, TEXAS

____________________ (Date), ___________________________ (Signature)
The School Financial Audits Division.