84R12179 MK-D
By: Davis of Dallas H.B. No. 4033
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to approval by the commissioner of education of an
expansion or new school amendment for a charter holder previously
denied a charter by the State Board of Education.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 12.114, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
(d) The commissioner may not approve a request for an
expansion or new school amendment submitted by a charter holder
under Subsection (c) if the State Board of Education has previously
voted against the grant of a new charter as provided by Section
12.101(b-0) for an identical or substantially similar campus
submitted by the charter holder or an affiliate of the charter
holder.
SECTION 2. 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 September 1, 2015.