TEA® Texas Education Agency
Generation Twenty-SevenOpen-Enrollment
Charter Application September 24, 2021 and October 1, 2021
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Introductions
Marian Schutte • Director - Charter School Authorizing and Administration (CSAA)
Drue Ann Wise • Manager - New Schools Team (CSAA)
John Garland • Coordinator - New Schools Team (CSAA)
Natalie Elliott • Coordinator - New Schools Team (CSAA)
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Today’s Morning Agenda
Time Item
9:00 – 9:10 Welcome and Introductions 9:10 – 9:30 Charter Portfolio Overview 9:30 – 9:35 Break 9:35 – 10:20 Application Overview 10:20 – 10:30 Q & A
10:30 – 10:50 Financial Plan Workbook
10:50 – 11:00 Q & A
11:00 – 11:45 Lunch
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Today’s Afternoon Agenda
Time Item
11:45 – 12:30 Charter School Program Grant 12:30 – 12:40 Q & A 12:40 – 12:45 Break 12:45 – 1:15 Special Education 1:15 – 1:25 Q & A
1:25 – 1:55 High Quality Instructional Materials
1:55 – 2:05 Q & A
2:05 – 2:10 Closing
2:10 – 2:30 Optional Q & A with New Schools Team
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Role of the Authorizing Office
Expand the Texas Charter Portfolio by approving high-quality applicants to launch high-quality schools
Provide leadership, guidance, and support to all state-authorized charter schools
Renew, approve expansion or replication, non-renew or revoke
Monitor legal requirements and performance according to the charter contract, accountability, and the Charter School Performance Framework
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Purpose of Texas Charter Schools
Improve student learning
Increase choice opportunities in the public-school system
Create professional opportunities to attract new teachers
Establish a new form of accountability
Encourage different and innovative learning methods
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Historical Timeline of Charter School Laws
1995
74th Legislature passes Texas Charter Law,
established a cap of 120
1996
The State Board of Education awards the first open-enrollment charters in
the state of Texas
1997
The first charter schools in the
state begin serving students
2001
University and four-year colleges
may establish charter schools
2009 Junior colleges are allowed to establish charter schools
2013
Senate Bill 2 passed during the 83rd Legislative Session conveys
authorizing authority to the commissioner of education
2013 con’t.
Mandatory default closure laws are established. The cap on charters expands to 305
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Charter School Laws and Rules
Statute
Texas Education Code (TEC), Chapter 12, Subchapter D http://www.statutes.legis.state.tx.us/Docs/ED/htm/ED.12.htm http://www.statutes.legis.state.tx.us/
Rule
19 Texas Administrative Code (TAC), Chapter 100, Subchapter A
http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/rules/tac/chapter100/ch100a.html
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6.7% of Texas Public School Students Choose to Attend Charter Schools
LEAs Campuses Students
State total 175 795 361,894
% of state 14.4% 8% 6.7%
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Majority of Charter Schools Manage Fewer Than 6 Campuses
11 Large Operators
(10+ Campuses)
342 Campuses
157,224 Students
14 Medium Operators
(6-9 Campuses)
98 Campuses
38,436 Students
81 Small Operators
(2-5 Campuses)
234 Campuses
91,379 Students
73 Standalone Operators
(single campus)
73 Campuses
29,736 Students
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The Performance of the Charter School Sector Continues to Improve
AcademicallyAcceptable
90-100 84
112125
80-89 129 159 207
70-79 149 152 137
Academically Unacceptable 60-69 56 48 50
<59 66 50 34
2017 (484 Campuses)
2018 (521 Campuses)
2019 (553 Campuses)
Ratings & counts include only schools rated on non alternative accountability system
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Charter schools serve higher percentages of minority students than traditional districts
12.30%
52.00%
28.30%
4.50%
3.00%
18.0%
61.5%
13.7%
4.5%
2.30%
BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN
HISPANIC/LATINO
WHITE
ASIAN
OTHER
0.0% 10.0% 20.0% 30.0% 40.0% 50.0% 60.0% 70.0%
CHARTER % TRADITIONAL %
Charter schools enroll 5.7% more Black and 9.5% more Hispanic students than traditional schools.
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Charter schools serve a higher percentages of economically-disadvantaged students than traditional districts
CHARTER TRADITIONAL
SPECIAL EDUCATION
ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS
BILINGUAL/ESL EDUCATION
ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED 60.0%
19.1%
19.0%
9.8%
69.9%
29.0%
26.8%
7.1%
Charter schools serve 9.9% more economically disadvantaged students, 9.9% more ESL students and 7.8% more ELL students and 2.7% fewer special education students
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Charter schools employ a higher percentage of minority teachers than traditional districts
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STAFF ETHNICITIES
CHARTER TRADITIONAL
70%
59%60%
50% 43%
40% 31%
28%30% 20%
20%
10% 6% 3%
0% BLACK OR AFRICAN HISPANIC/LATINO WHITE OTHER
AMERICAN
10%
EXPERIENCE & ADVANCED DEGREES
■ CHARTER ■ TRADITIONAL
80%
70% 6~
60%
50%
40% 3il§
30%
20%
10%
0% % WITH 5 OR FEWER YEARS EXP % WITH ADVANCED DEGREES
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TEA Manages a Rigorous Application Process
Applications Reviewed Against Minimum Standard
• TEA reviews applications against a minimum standard for eligibility, completeness, and plagiarism
Applications Reviewed By Expert External Panel
• Applications reviewed by panel of external experts in charter school authorizing
• Minimum score of 85% of available review points to advance
Applicants Reviewed by TEA Staff
• Inter-agency TEA staff review remaining applicants prior to capacity interviews
Applicant Capacity Interviews
• TEA & SBOE conduct capacity interviews of remaining applicants • Commissioner determines which charter school applications to approve
SBOE Review
• SBOE takes action (veto) or no action (approval) of charter proposals
• TEA ensures all Contract Contingencies have been addressed
Approved Charters • Charters are awarded contracts to operate
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Since 2013, Just 13.4% of Charter Applicants Have Been Approved
268 New Charter Applications
36 Approved Charters
National Association of Charter School Authorizers (NACSA) reports that TEA approves fewer new charter applicants, as a percentage of applicants, than any other large charter school authorizer.
The 20 largest authorizers in the US approve 39% of their new charter applications.
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Break 9:30 – 9:35
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