| 1 | 1 | | By: Lucio S.B. No. 1757 |
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| 4 | 4 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 5 | 5 | | AN ACT |
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| 6 | 6 | | relating to authorization for a school district board of trustees |
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| 7 | 7 | | to grant charters for the establishment of certain charter schools. |
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| 8 | 8 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 9 | 9 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 12, Education Code, is |
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| 10 | 10 | | amended by adding Section 12.0523 to read as follows: |
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| 11 | 11 | | Sec. 12.0523. CHARTER OPERATED BY DISTRICT. (a) The |
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| 12 | 12 | | commissioner by rule shall authorize a school district board of |
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| 13 | 13 | | trustees to grant a charter for the establishment of a charter |
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| 14 | 14 | | school in accordance with this section. |
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| 15 | 15 | | (b) A charter school established under this section is |
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| 16 | 16 | | administered by the superintendent of the school district granting |
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| 17 | 17 | | the charter. The governing body of the charter school is the board |
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| 18 | 18 | | of trustees of the school district granting the charter. |
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| 19 | 19 | | (c) The commissioner shall adopt rules for the operation of |
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| 20 | 20 | | a charter school established under this section relating to: |
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| 21 | 21 | | (1) a process through which the charter school |
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| 22 | 22 | | requests and obtains from the State Board of Education waivers from |
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| 23 | 23 | | otherwise applicable provisions of this code; |
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| 24 | 24 | | (2) a school district's ability to sell or otherwise |
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| 25 | 25 | | dispose of the charter; |
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| 26 | 26 | | (3) intellectual property rights belonging to a school |
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| 27 | 27 | | district that established the charter school; |
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| 28 | 28 | | (4) a student enrollment process; |
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| 29 | 29 | | (5) employment of teachers; and |
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| 30 | 30 | | (6) the allocation of funding generated by students |
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| 31 | 31 | | attending the charter school. |
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| 32 | 32 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 33 | 33 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 34 | 34 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 35 | 35 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 36 | 36 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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