Bill Text: TX HB4033 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to approval by the commissioner of education of an expansion or new school amendment for a charter holder previously denied a charter by the State Board of Education.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-23 - Referred to Public Education [HB4033 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB4033-Introduced.html
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By: Davis of Dallas | H.B. No. 4033 |
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relating to approval by the commissioner of education of an | ||
expansion or new school amendment for a charter holder previously | ||
denied a charter by the State Board of Education. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 12.114, Education Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: | ||
(d) The commissioner may not approve a request for an | ||
expansion or new school amendment submitted by a charter holder | ||
under Subsection (c) if the State Board of Education has previously | ||
voted against the grant of a new charter as provided by Section | ||
12.101(b-0) for an identical or substantially similar campus | ||
submitted by the charter holder or an affiliate of the charter | ||
holder. | ||
SECTION 2. 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, 2015. |