Bill Text: TX HB4003 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to public comment on an application for or a revision of a charter for an open-enrollment charter school.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-29 - Referred to Public Education [HB4003 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB4003-Introduced.html
87R12425 MLH-D | ||
By: Rodriguez | H.B. No. 4003 |
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relating to public comment on an application for or a revision of a | ||
charter for an open-enrollment charter school. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 12.110, Education Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsection (d) and adding Subsection (d-1) to read as | ||
follows: | ||
(d) The commissioner shall approve or deny an application | ||
based on: | ||
(1) documented evidence collected through the | ||
application review process; | ||
(2) merit; [ |
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(3) other criteria as adopted by the commissioner, | ||
which must include: | ||
(A) criteria relating to the capability of the | ||
applicant to carry out the responsibilities provided by the charter | ||
and the likelihood that the applicant will operate a school of high | ||
quality; | ||
(B) criteria relating to improving student | ||
performance and encouraging innovative programs; and | ||
(C) a statement from any school district whose | ||
enrollment is likely to be affected by the open-enrollment charter | ||
school, including information relating to any financial difficulty | ||
that a loss in enrollment may have on the district; and | ||
(4) consideration of public comments on the | ||
application received under Subsection (d-1). | ||
(d-1) Before approving or denying an application received | ||
under Subsection (a), the commissioner shall provide not less than | ||
60 days for public comment on the application. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 12.114, Education Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subsection (b-1) and amending Subsection (c) to read as | ||
follows: | ||
(b-1) The commissioner shall provide not less than 60 days | ||
for public comment on a request for approval for an expansion | ||
amendment submitted under this section. | ||
(c) The [ |
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charter holder written notice of approval or disapproval of a | ||
completed request for [ |
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defined by commissioner rule, including a new school amendment, as | ||
soon as practicable and not later than the 10th business day after | ||
the date the period for public comment on the request provided under | ||
Subsection (b-1) expires [ |
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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, 2021. |