82R9075 EAH-D
By: Zedler H.B. No. 1603
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 100 new [215] charters for an
open-enrollment charter school each state fiscal year.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.