88R14406 MEW-D
By: Muñoz, Jr. H.B. No. 5294
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a proposition for certain school districts to be
prohibited from imposing an ad valorem tax and to be operated and
funded in the same manner as an open-enrollment charter school.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 11.301, Education Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsections (c) and (d) to read
as follows:
(a) Except as otherwise provided by this section, a [A]
school district or county system operating under former Chapter 17,
18, 22, 25, 26, 27, or 28 on May 1, 1995, may continue to operate
under the applicable chapter as that chapter existed on that date
and under state law generally applicable to school districts that
does not conflict with that chapter.
(c) Notwithstanding any other law, not later than November
1, 2023, the board of directors of a school district operating under
former Chapter 26, as that chapter existed on May 1, 1995, shall
order an election to be held on the first uniform election date that
allows sufficient time to comply with any requirements of law on the
question of prohibiting the district from imposing an ad valorem
tax and providing for the district to be operated and funded in the
same manner as an open-enrollment charter school under Subchapter
D, Chapter 12.
(d) Notwithstanding any other law, if a majority of the
registered voters of the school district vote to approve the
proposition under Subsection (c):
(1) the board shall:
(A) notify the agency of the approval of the
proposition; and
(B) in coordination and consultation with the
agency, develop a transition plan approved by the agency to provide
for the district to be operated and funded in the same manner as an
open-enrollment charter school under Subchapter D, Chapter 12; and
(2) the district may not impose an ad valorem tax for
any purpose on or after the date on which the election was held.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.