87R4899 ANG-D
By: Ramos H.B. No. 1249
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the public accessibility of open-enrollment charter
school annual financial statements.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 140.006(c), Local Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(c) The presiding officer of a school district shall submit
a financial statement prepared under Section 140.005 to a daily,
weekly, or biweekly newspaper published within the boundaries of
the district. If a daily, weekly, or biweekly newspaper is not
published within the boundaries of the school district, the
financial statement shall be published in the manner provided by
Subsections (a) and (b). The governing body of an open-enrollment
charter school shall take action to ensure that the school's three
most recent financial statements prepared under Section 140.005 are
[statement is] made available in the manner provided by Chapter
552, Government Code, and are [is] posted continuously on the
school's Internet website through a clearly identifiable link that
appears in a prominent place on the home page of the website.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.