87R5340 CAE-D
By: Dutton H.B. No. 1188
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to requiring certain open-enrollment charter schools to
comply with historically underutilized business provisions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 12.1058, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
(d) If an open-enrollment charter school has 5,000 or more
students in average daily attendance as determined under Section
48.005, the school is considered to be a state agency for purposes
of Chapter 2161, Government Code.
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, 2021.