Bill Amendment: TX HB100 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature

NOTE: For additional amemendments please see the Bill Drafting List

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Bill Title: Relating to public education and public school finance, including the rights, certification, and compensation of public school educators, contributions by a public school to the Teacher Retirement System of Texas, and an education savings account program for certain children.

Status: 2023-05-26 - Senate appoints conferees-reported [HB100 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HB100-Senate_Amendment_S_2_F1-Creighton.html

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Amend CSHB 100 (senate committee report) as follows:

(1)  In the recital to SECTION 1.02 of the bill, amending Section 12.106, Education Code, strike "and (d)" and substitute ", (d), and (i)".

(2)  In SECTION 1.02 of the bill, immediately following amended Section 12.106(d), Education Code, insert the following:

(i)  The agency may approve a transfer of a charter holder's remaining funds to another charter holder, a school district operating a charter school under Subchapter C, or a public junior college or public senior college or university operating a charter school under Subchapter E if the entity [charter holder] receiving the funds has not received notice of the expiration or revocation of the entity's [the charter holder's] charter [for an open-enrollment charter school] or notice of a reconstitution of the governing body of the charter holder under Section 12.1141 or 12.115 and satisfies any other qualification provided by a rule adopted by the commissioner under Subsection (j).

(3)  Add the following appropriately numbered SECTION to Article 1 of the bill and renumber subsequent SECTIONS of that article accordingly:

SECTION ____.  Section 12.1284(a), Education Code, is amended to read as follows:

(a)  After extinguishing all payable obligations owed by an open-enrollment charter school that ceases to operate, including a debt described by Section 12.128(e), a former charter holder shall:

(1)  remit to the agency:

(A)  any remaining funds described by Section 12.106(h); and

(B)  any state reimbursement amounts from the sale of property described by Section 12.128; or

(2)  transfer the remaining funds to another charter holder, a school district operating a charter school under Subchapter C, or a public junior college or public senior college or university operating a charter school under Subchapter E, as provided by [under] Section 12.106(i).

(4)  In SECTION 1.59(b) of the bill, providing transition language, strike "12.106(a-2) and (d)," and substitute "12.106(a-2), (d), and (i), 12.1284,".