83S10251 CAS-D
By: Patrick S.B. No. 37
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. If S.B. No. 2, Acts of the 83rd Legislature,
Regular Session, 2013, does not become law, 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 215 charters for an
open-enrollment charter school.]
SECTION 2. If S.B. No. 2, Acts of the 83rd Legislature,
Regular Session, 2013, becomes law, 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 3. (a) If S.B. No. 2, Acts of the 83rd Legislature,
Regular Session, 2013, does not become law, Section 221.0071(a),
Human Resources Code, 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 State Board 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.
(b) If S.B. No. 2, Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular
Session, 2013, becomes law, 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 4. (a) If S.B. No. 2, Acts of the 83rd Legislature,
Regular Session, 2013, does not become law, Section 221.056(d),
Human Resources Code, 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 State Board 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.
(b) If S.B. No. 2, Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular
Session, 2013, becomes law, 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 5. (a) If S.B. No. 2, Acts of the 83rd Legislature,
Regular Session, 2013, does not become law, Section 12.156(b),
Education Code, is repealed.
(b) If S.B. No. 2, Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular
Session, 2013, becomes law, 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 6. 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 on the 91st day after the last day of the
legislative session.