86R16547 SOS-F
By: Craddick H.B. No. 4205
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the conditions under which a closed campus may be
repurposed to serve students at that campus location.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 39A.113(a), Education Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(a) If the commissioner orders the closure of a campus under
this subchapter, that campus may be repurposed to serve students at
that campus location only if the commissioner:
(1) finds that the repurposed campus [:
[(A)] offers a distinctly different academic
program[;] and:
(A) [(B)] serves a majority of grade levels not
served at the original campus; or [and]
(B) is operated in partnership with a nonprofit
organization exempt from federal taxation under Section 501(c)(3),
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, that:
(i) has a successful history of operating a
school district campus or open-enrollment charter school serving
10,000 or more students; and
(ii) has been assigned an overall
performance rating of B or higher under Section 39.054 for the
preceding school year; and
(2) approves a new campus identification number for
the repurposed campus.
SECTION 2. 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.