| 1 | 1 | | 86R7656 TSS-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Cole H.B. No. 1981 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the establishment of a new open-enrollment charter |
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| 8 | 8 | | school or campus. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 12.1101, Education Code, is amended to |
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| 11 | 11 | | read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Sec. 12.1101. NOTIFICATION OF CHARTER APPLICATION OR |
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| 13 | 13 | | ESTABLISHMENT OF CAMPUS. (a) The commissioner by rule shall adopt a |
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| 14 | 14 | | procedure for providing notice to the following persons on receipt |
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| 15 | 15 | | by the commissioner of an application for a charter for an |
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| 16 | 16 | | open-enrollment charter school under Section 12.110, [or of] notice |
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| 17 | 17 | | of the establishment of a campus as authorized under Section |
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| 18 | 18 | | 12.101(b-4), or a request for approval of an expansion amendment to |
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| 19 | 19 | | establish a new campus submitted under Section 12.114: |
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| 20 | 20 | | (1) the board of trustees of each school district from |
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| 21 | 21 | | which the proposed open-enrollment charter school or campus is |
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| 22 | 22 | | likely to draw students, as determined by the commissioner; and |
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| 23 | 23 | | (2) each member of the legislature that represents the |
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| 24 | 24 | | geographic area to be served by the proposed school or campus, as |
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| 25 | 25 | | determined by the commissioner. |
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| 26 | 26 | | (b) The procedure adopted under Subsection (a) must require |
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| 27 | 27 | | the notice to identify the closest public school campus to the |
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| 28 | 28 | | proposed location of the school or campus for each school district |
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| 29 | 29 | | described by Subsection (a)(1) to assist the district in adequately |
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| 30 | 30 | | anticipating any resulting changes in enrollment at any district |
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| 31 | 31 | | campus. |
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| 32 | 32 | | SECTION 2. Section 12.1101, Education Code, as amended by |
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| 33 | 33 | | this Act, applies beginning with a new open-enrollment charter |
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| 34 | 34 | | school or campus that is anticipated to open for the 2019-2020 |
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| 35 | 35 | | school year. |
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| 36 | 36 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 37 | 37 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 38 | 38 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 39 | 39 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 40 | 40 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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