88R6592 JTZ-F
By: Paxton S.B. No. 1099
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the establishment of a new open-enrollment charter
school campus by certain charter holders and to the expansion of an
open-enrollment charter school.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 12.101(b-10), Education Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(b-10) The commissioner by rule shall allow a charter holder
to provide written notice of the establishment of a new
open-enrollment charter school campus under Subsection (b-4)(2) up
to 36 [18] months before the date on which the campus is anticipated
to open. Notice provided to the commissioner under this section
does not obligate the charter holder to open a new campus.
SECTION 2. Section 12.114(d), Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(d) A charter holder may submit a request for approval for
an expansion amendment up to 36 [18] months before the date on which
the expansion will be effective. A request for approval of an
expansion amendment does not obligate the charter holder to
complete the proposed expansion.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.