Texas 2021 - 87th Regular

Texas House Bill HB450 Compare Versions

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1	1	87R2891 KJE-D
2	2	By: González of El Paso H.B. No. 450
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to the establishment of a new open-enrollment charter
8	8	school or campus and to the expansion of an open-enrollment charter
9	9	school.
10	10	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
11	11	SECTION 1. Section 12.101(b-10), Education Code, is amended
12	12	to read as follows:
13	13	(b-10) The commissioner by rule shall require [allow] a
14	14	charter holder to provide written notice of the establishment of a
15	15	new open-enrollment charter school campus under Subsection
16	16	(b-4)(2) at least [up to] 18 months before the date on which the
17	17	campus is anticipated to open. Notice provided to the commissioner
18	18	under this section does not obligate the charter holder to open a
19	19	new campus.
20	20	SECTION 2. Section 12.1101, Education Code, is amended to
21	21	read as follows:
22	22	Sec. 12.1101. NOTIFICATION OF CHARTER APPLICATION OR
23	23	ESTABLISHMENT OF CAMPUS. The commissioner by rule shall adopt a
24	24	procedure for providing notice to the following persons on receipt
25	25	by the commissioner of an application for a charter for an
26	26	open-enrollment charter school under Section 12.110, [or of] notice
27	27	of the establishment of a campus as authorized under Section
28	28	12.101(b-4), or a request for approval for an expansion amendment
29	29	to establish a new campus submitted under Section 12.114:
30	30	(1) the superintendent and the board of trustees of
31	31	each school district from which the proposed open-enrollment
32	32	charter school or campus is likely to draw students, as determined
33	33	by the commissioner; and
34	34	(2) each member of the legislature that represents the
35	35	geographic area to be served by the proposed school or campus, as
36	36	determined by the commissioner.
37	37	SECTION 3. Section 12.114, Education Code, is amended by
38	38	amending Subsections (c) and (d) and adding Subsection (e) to read
39	39	as follows:
40	40	(c) Not later than the 30th [60th] day after the date that a
41	41	charter holder submits to the commissioner a completed request for
42	42	approval for an expansion amendment, as defined by commissioner
43	43	rule, including a new school amendment, the commissioner shall
44	44	provide to the charter holder written notice of approval or
45	45	disapproval of the amendment.
46	46	(d) A charter holder:
47	47	(1) shall submit a request for approval for an
48	48	expansion amendment to establish a new campus at least 18 months
49	49	before the date on which the campus is anticipated to open; and
50	50	(2) may submit a request for approval for an expansion
51	51	amendment not described by Subdivision (1) up to 18 months before
52	52	the date on which the expansion will be effective.
53	53	(e) The submission of a [A] request for approval for [of] an
54	54	expansion amendment does not obligate the charter holder to
55	55	complete the proposed expansion.
56	56	SECTION 4. Sections 12.101 and 12.114, Education Code, as
57	57	amended by this Act, apply only to a notice of the establishment of
58	58	an open-enrollment charter school campus or a request for approval
59	59	for an expansion amendment, as applicable, submitted on or after
60	60	the effective date of this Act.
61	61	SECTION 5. Section 12.1101, Education Code, as amended by
62	62	this Act, applies beginning with a new open-enrollment charter
63	63	school or campus that is anticipated to open for the 2023-2024
64	64	school year.
65	65	SECTION 6. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
66	66	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
67	67	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
68	68	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
69	69	Act takes effect September 1, 2021.