86R7656 TSS-D
By: Cole H.B. No. 1981
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. (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 identify the closest public school campus to the
proposed location of the school or campus for each school district
described by Subsection (a)(1) to assist the district in adequately
anticipating any resulting changes in enrollment at any district
campus.
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 2019-2020
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.