86R2356 KJE-D
By: González of El Paso H.B. No. 139
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the establishment of a new open-enrollment charter
school or campus.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 12.1101, Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 12.1101. NOTIFICATION OF CHARTER APPLICATION OR
ESTABLISHMENT OF CAMPUS; OPEN DATE. (a) The commissioner by rule
shall adopt a procedure for providing notice to the following
persons on receipt by the commissioner of an application for a
charter for an open-enrollment charter school under Section 12.110,
[or of] notice of the establishment of a campus as authorized under
Section 12.101(b-4), or a request for approval of an expansion
amendment to establish a new campus submitted under Section 12.114:
(1) the board of trustees of each school district from
which the proposed open-enrollment charter school or campus is
likely to draw students, as determined by the commissioner; and
(2) each member of the legislature that represents the
geographic area to be served by the proposed school or campus, as
determined by the commissioner.
(b) The procedure adopted under Subsection (a) must require
the notice to:
(1) be provided not later than 18 months before the
date on which the open-enrollment charter school or campus is
anticipated to open; and
(2) include sufficient specificity regarding the
proposed location of the school or campus for each school district
described by Subsection (a)(1) to adequately anticipate any
resulting changes in enrollment at each district campus.
(c) A proposed open-enrollment charter school or campus for
which notice is provided under Subsection (a) may not open:
(1) before the anticipated opening date provided in
the notice; or
(2) before June 1 or later than October 15 of any year.
SECTION 2. Section 12.1101, Education Code, as amended by
this Act, applies beginning with a new open-enrollment charter
school or campus that is anticipated to open for the 2021-2022
school year.
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, 2019.