Bill Text: TX HB263 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the requirements for the revision of a charter for an open-enrollment charter school.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-02-23 - Referred to Public Education [HB263 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB263-Introduced.html
88R361 CAE-F | ||
By: Bernal | H.B. No. 263 |
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relating to the requirements for the revision of a charter for an | ||
open-enrollment charter school. | ||
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 [ |
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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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(1) the superintendent and 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. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 12.114, Education Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 12.114. REVISION. (a) A revision of a charter of an | ||
open-enrollment charter school that is not an expansion revision | ||
may be made only with the approval of the commissioner. An | ||
expansion revision, as defined by commissioner rule, may be made | ||
only in the manner provided by this section. | ||
(b) Not more than once during each biennium [ |
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open-enrollment charter school may request approval of an expansion | ||
amendment to: | ||
(1) increase [ |
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enrollment described by the school's charter; | ||
(2) add a new campus or site; | ||
(3) relocate an existing campus or site more than five | ||
miles from the current location; | ||
(4) extend the grade levels described by the school's | ||
charter; or | ||
(5) expand the geographic boundaries described by the | ||
school's charter. | ||
(c) A [ |
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charter holder shall submit [ |
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completed request for approval for an expansion amendment. A | ||
request for approval submitted under this section must include | ||
information needed for an evaluation of the charter holder as | ||
provided by Subsection (d). | ||
(d) The commissioner shall thoroughly review a request for | ||
approval for an expansion amendment and ensure approval of the | ||
request is in the best interest of all students in the state. The | ||
commissioner may not approve a request if during each of the two | ||
years preceding the date of the request the open-enrollment charter | ||
school has not served the lesser of: | ||
(1) the state average of students eligible to receive | ||
services under Subchapter A, Chapter 29; or | ||
(2) the average of students eligible to receive | ||
services under Subchapter A, Chapter 29, in the largest school | ||
district in which the charter school operates a campus. | ||
(e) The commissioner may not waive the requirements of | ||
Subsection (d). | ||
(f) The [ |
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holder written notice of approval or disapproval of an [ |
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amendment requested under this section. | ||
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for an expansion amendment up to 18 months before the date on which | ||
the expansion will be effective. A request for approval of an | ||
expansion amendment does not obligate the charter holder to | ||
complete the proposed expansion. | ||
SECTION 3. Sections 12.101(b-4) and (b-10), Education Code, | ||
are repealed. | ||
SECTION 4. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to | ||
a request for approval of a revision to the charter of an | ||
open-enrollment charter school submitted on or after the effective | ||
date of this Act. | ||
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |