Bill Text: TX HB733 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced

Texas House Bill 733 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating to the number of charters the State Board of Education may grant for open-enrollment charter schools.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 3)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-02-22 - Referred to Public Education [HB733 Detail]

Download: Texas-2011-HB733-Introduced.html

	82R2174 EAH-F

	By: Patrick	H.B. No. 733



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the number of charters the State Board of Education may
	grant for open-enrollment charter schools.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 12.101(b), Education Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	(b) The State Board of Education may grant a charter for an
	open-enrollment charter school only to an applicant that meets any
	financial, governing, and operational standards adopted by the
	commissioner under this subchapter. The State Board of Education
	may not grant [~~a total of~~] more than 10 new [~~215~~] charters for an
	open-enrollment charter school each state fiscal year.
	SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.