Bill Text: TX SB19 | 2013 | 83rd Legislature 3rd Special Session | Introduced

Texas Senate Bill 19 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating to the number of charters that may be granted for open-enrollment charter schools.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-08-05 - Filed [SB19 Detail]

Download: Texas-2013-SB19-Introduced.html

	83S30084 CAS-D

	By: Patrick	S.B. No. 19



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the number of charters that may be granted for
	open-enrollment charter schools.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 12.1014(b), Education Code, as effective
	September 1, 2013, is amended to read as follows:
	(b) [~~The limit on the number of charters for open-enrollment~~
	~~charter schools imposed by Section 12.101 does not apply to a~~
	~~charter granted under this section to a school at which at least 50~~
	~~percent of the students are eligible to receive services under~~
	~~Subchapter A, Chapter 29.~~] Not more than five charters may be
	granted under this section for schools at which at least 50 percent
	of the students are eligible to receive services under Subchapter
	A, Chapter 29 [~~described by this subsection~~].
	SECTION 2. Section 221.0071(a), Human Resources Code, as
	effective September 1, 2013, is amended to read as follows:
	(a) Notwithstanding any other law [~~and in addition to the~~
	~~number of charters allowed under Subchapter D, Chapter 12,~~
	~~Education Code~~], the commissioner of education may grant a charter
	on the application of a detention, correctional, or residential
	facility established only for juvenile offenders under Section
	51.12, 51.125, or 51.126, Family Code.
	SECTION 3. Section 221.056(d), Human Resources Code, as
	effective September 1, 2013, is amended to read as follows:
	(d) Notwithstanding any other law [~~and in addition to the~~
	~~number of charters allowed under Subchapter D, Chapter 12,~~
	~~Education Code~~], the commissioner of education shall grant a
	charter on the application of a residential treatment facility
	established under this section for a school chartered for the
	purposes of this section.
	SECTION 4. The following provisions of the Education Code,
	as effective September 1, 2013, are repealed:
	(1) Section 12.0522(e);
	(2) Sections 12.101(b-1), (b-2), and (b-7); and
	(3) Section 12.156(b).
	SECTION 5. This Act takes effect on the 91st day after the
	last day of the legislative session.