Bill Text: TX HB139 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the establishment of a new open-enrollment charter school or campus.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-09 - Left pending in committee [HB139 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB139-Introduced.html
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| By: González of El Paso | H.B. No. 139 | |
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| relating to the establishment of a new open-enrollment charter | ||
| school or campus. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 12.1101, Education Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 12.1101. NOTIFICATION OF CHARTER APPLICATION OR | ||
| ESTABLISHMENT OF CAMPUS; OPEN DATE. (a) The commissioner by rule | ||
| shall adopt a procedure for providing notice to the following | ||
| persons on receipt by the commissioner of an application for a | ||
| charter for an open-enrollment charter school under Section 12.110, | ||
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| Section 12.101(b-4), or a request for approval of an expansion | ||
| amendment to establish a new campus submitted under Section 12.114: | ||
| (1) the board of trustees of each school district from | ||
| which the proposed open-enrollment charter school or campus is | ||
| likely to draw students, as determined by the commissioner; and | ||
| (2) each member of the legislature that represents the | ||
| geographic area to be served by the proposed school or campus, as | ||
| determined by the commissioner. | ||
| (b) The procedure adopted under Subsection (a) must require | ||
| the notice to: | ||
| (1) be provided not later than 18 months before the | ||
| date on which the open-enrollment charter school or campus is | ||
| anticipated to open; and | ||
| (2) include sufficient specificity regarding the | ||
| proposed location of the school or campus for each school district | ||
| described by Subsection (a)(1) to adequately anticipate any | ||
| resulting changes in enrollment at each district campus. | ||
| (c) A proposed open-enrollment charter school or campus for | ||
| which notice is provided under Subsection (a) may not open: | ||
| (1) before the anticipated opening date provided in | ||
| the notice; or | ||
| (2) before June 1 or later than October 15 of any year. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 12.1101, Education Code, as amended by | ||
| this Act, applies beginning with a new open-enrollment charter | ||
| school or campus that is anticipated to open for the 2021-2022 | ||
| school year. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
| a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
| provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
