Charter Application Overview

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

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70% 6~

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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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