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

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

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)

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

Download: Texas-2011-HB733-Introduced.html

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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.