By: Keough H.B. No. 718
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 215 charters for an
open-enrollment charter school.]
SECTION 2. Section 12.156(b), Education Code, is repealed.
SECTION 3. 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
.