Texas 2017 - 85th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1786 Compare Versions

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1	1		By: Hall S.B. No. 1786
	2	+	(In the Senate - Filed March 9, 2017; March 23, 2017, read
	3	+	first time and referred to Committee on Education; May 1, 2017,
	4	+	reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 8, Nays 3;
	5	+	May 1, 2017, sent to printer.)
	6	+	Click here to see the committee vote
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4	9		A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
5	10		AN ACT
6	11		relating to the applicability of certain laws to open-enrollment
7	12		charter schools.
8	13		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
9	14		SECTION 1. Section 12.1058(c), Education Code, is amended
10	15		to read as follows:
11	16		(c) Notwithstanding Subsection (a) or (b), an
12	17		open-enrollment charter school operated by a tax exempt entity as
13	18		described by Section 12.101(a)(3) is not considered to be a
14	19		political subdivision, local government, or local governmental
15	20		entity unless:
16	21		(1) the applicable statute specifically states that
17	22		the statute applies to an open-enrollment charter school; or
18	23		(2) a provision in this chapter states that a specific
19	24		statute applies to an open-enrollment charter school.
20	25		SECTION 2. Chapter 617, Government Code, is amended by
21	26		adding Section 617.0025 to read as follows:
22	27		Sec. 617.0025. APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER TO OPEN-ENROLLMENT
23	28		CHARTER SCHOOL. (a) An open-enrollment charter school
24	29		established under Subchapter D, Chapter 12, Education Code, is a
25	30		political subdivision for purposes of this chapter.
26	31		(b) A member of the governing body of a charter holder, a
27	32		member of the governing body of an open-enrollment charter school,
28	33		and an officer of an open-enrollment charter school are considered
29	34		to be officials of a political subdivision and an employee of an
30	35		open-enrollment charter school is considered to be a public
31	36		employee under this chapter.
32	37		SECTION 3. With respect to Section 617.0025, Government
33	38		Code, as added by this Act, if an open-enrollment charter school
34	39		entered into a collective bargaining contract with a labor
35	40		organization before the effective date of this Act, Chapter 617,
36	41		Government Code, does not apply during the term of that contract. A
37	42		collective bargaining contract entered into before the effective
38	43		date of this Act may not be renewed.
39	44		SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
40	45		a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
41	46		provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
42	47		Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
43	48		Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
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