ORGANIZATION: COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY [LAW]
1. Definition
“Public senior college
or university,” as used in this policy, means a general academic teaching
institution, including The University of Texas at Austin; The University of
Texas at El Paso; The University of Texas of the Permian Basin; The University
of Texas at Dallas; The University of Texas at San Antonio; Texas
A & M University, Main University; The University of Texas at
Arlington; Tarleton State University; Prairie View A & M
University; Texas Maritime Academy; Texas Tech University; University of North
Texas; Lamar University; Lamar State College-Orange; Lamar State College-Port
Arthur; Texas A & M University-Kingsville; Texas
A & M University-Corpus Christi; Texas Woman’s University; Texas
Southern University; Midwestern State University; University of Houston;
University of Texas-Pan American; The University of Texas at Brownsville; Texas
A & M University-Commerce; Sam Houston State University;
Southwest Texas State University; West Texas A & M University;
Stephen F. Austin State University; Sul Ross State University; Angelo State
University; The University of Texas at Tyler; and any other college,
university, or institution so classified as provided in Chapter 61, Texas Education
Code, or created and so classified, expressly or impliedly, by law.
2. Authorization
The State Board of
Education (SBOE) may grant a charter on the application of a public senior
college or university for an open-enrollment charter school to operate on the
campus of the public senior college or university or in the same county in
which the campus of the public senior college or university is located.
3. School Name
The name of a college or university charter school
must include the name of the public senior college or university operating the school.
4. Charter
Application Requirements
The
SBOE may grant a charter only if the following criteria are satisfied in the
public senior college’s or university’s application, as determined by the SBOE:
A. The college
or university charter school’s educational program must include innovative
teaching methods;
B. The
college or university charter school’s educational program must be implemented
under the direct supervision of a member of the teaching or research faculty of
the public senior college or university;
C. The faculty
members supervising the college or university charter school’s educational
program must have substantial experience and expertise in education research,
teacher education, classroom instruction, or educational administration;
D. The
college or university charter school’s educational program must be designed to
meet specific goals described in the charter, including improving student
performance, and each aspect of the program must be directed toward the
attainment of the goals;
E. The
attainment of the college or university charter school’s educational program
goals must be measured using specific, objective standards set forth in the
charter, including assessment methods and a time frame; and
F. The
financial operations of the college or university charter school must be
supervised by the business office of the public senior college or university.
5. Applicability of Certain Provisions
Except
as otherwise provided by this policy, the laws and rules applicable to
open-enrollment charter schools apply to a college or university charter school
as though the college or university charter school were granted a charter under
those provisions.