By: Hinojosa H.B. No. 5189
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to an open-enrollment charter school expansion amendment.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 12.114, Education Code, is amended to
add Subsection (e) to read as follows:
(e) A request for approval for an expansion amendment shall
be accompanied by prior-years data, specified by the commissioner
in the request form, regarding the open-enrollment charter school's
allotment and expenditures for special education and its special
education practices, including enrollment, discipline, and
staffing. The commissioner shall thoroughly review and make public
the charter school's special education funding and practices,
including the data submitted, before acting on the request.
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, 2023.