86R26035 SOS-F
By: Craddick H.B. No. 4205
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 4205:
By: Sanford C.S.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. Sections 39A.113(a) and (b), Education Code, are
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 under a contract, approved by the
school district board of trustees, with a nonprofit organization
exempt from federal taxation under Section 501(c)(3), Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, that:
(i) has a governing board that is
independent of the district;
(ii) has a successful history of operating
school district campuses or open-enrollment charter schools:
(a) that cumulatively serve 10,000 or
more students; and
(b) a majority of which have been
assigned an overall performance rating of B or higher under Section
39.054 for the preceding school year; and
(iii) 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.
(b) The majority of students assigned to a campus that has
been closed and repurposed under Subsection (a)(1)(A) may not have
attended that campus in the previous school year.
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.