| 1 | 1 | | 85R23363 MM-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Simmons, Parker H.B. No. 1023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1023: |
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| 4 | 4 | | By: Bohac C.S.H.B. No. 1023 |
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| 7 | 7 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 8 | 8 | | AN ACT |
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| 9 | 9 | | relating to requiring the commissioner of education to grant |
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| 10 | 10 | | additional charters for certain open-enrollment charter schools. |
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| 11 | 11 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 12 | 12 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 12, Education Code, is |
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| 13 | 13 | | amended by adding Section 12.1015 to read as follows: |
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| 14 | 14 | | Sec. 12.1015. ADDITIONAL CHARTER FOR OPEN-ENROLLMENT |
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| 15 | 15 | | CHARTER SCHOOLS ALLOWED. (a) Notwithstanding Section 12.101(b-3), |
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| 16 | 16 | | on written request from a charter holder, the commissioner shall |
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| 17 | 17 | | grant a charter for an open-enrollment charter school to a charter |
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| 18 | 18 | | holder if: |
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| 19 | 19 | | (1) the additional charter is for an open-enrollment |
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| 20 | 20 | | charter school that will continue a campus operated by the charter |
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| 21 | 21 | | holder; and |
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| 22 | 22 | | (2) as of January 1, 2013, the campus: |
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| 23 | 23 | | (A) primarily serves students with disabilities |
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| 24 | 24 | | under Section 12.1014; or |
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| 25 | 25 | | (B) provides a full-time online program eligible |
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| 26 | 26 | | for funding under Section 30A.153. |
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| 27 | 27 | | (b) The commissioner shall grant a charter under this |
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| 28 | 28 | | section not later than the 30th day after the date the commissioner |
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| 29 | 29 | | receives a request under Subsection (a). |
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| 30 | 30 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 31 | 31 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 32 | 32 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 33 | 33 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 34 | 34 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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