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1	1	89R8744 AND-F
2	2	By: Leo Wilson H.B. No. 2410
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7	7	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	8	AN ACT
9	9	relating to granting charters to certain public and private
10	10	institutions of higher education for open-enrollment charter
11	11	schools.
12	12	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
13	13	SECTION 1. The heading to Subchapter E, Chapter 12,
14	14	Education Code, is amended to read as follows:
15	15	SUBCHAPTER E. PUBLIC OR PRIVATE INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION
16	16	[COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY OR JUNIOR COLLEGE] CHARTER SCHOOL
17	17	SECTION 2. Section 12.151, Education Code, is amended to
18	18	read as follows:
19	19	Sec. 12.151. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter, "institution
20	20	of higher education" and "private or independent institution of
21	21	higher education" ["public junior college" and "public senior
22	22	college or university"] have the meanings assigned by Section
23	23	61.003.
24	24	SECTION 3. Section 12.152(a), Education Code, is amended to
25	25	read as follows:
26	26	(a) In accordance with this subchapter and Subchapter D, the
27	27	commissioner may grant a charter on the application of:
28	28	(1) an institution of higher education [a public
29	29	senior college or university] for an open-enrollment charter school
30	30	to operate on the campus of the institution of higher education
31	31	[public senior college or university] or, subject to Subsection
32	32	(b), at another location in any county in this state; or
33	33	(2) a private or independent institution of higher
34	34	education [public junior college] for an open-enrollment charter
35	35	school to operate on the campus of the private or independent
36	36	institution of higher education [public junior college] or in the
37	37	same county in which the campus of the private or independent
38	38	institution of higher education [public junior college] is located.
39	39	SECTION 4. Section 12.154(a), Education Code, is amended to
40	40	read as follows:
41	41	(a) Notwithstanding Section 12.110(d), the commissioner may
42	42	grant a charter under this subchapter to an institution of higher
43	43	education or a private or independent institution of higher
44	44	education [a public senior college or university] only if the
45	45	following criteria are satisfied in the institution's [public
46	46	senior college's or university's] application, as determined by the
47	47	commissioner:
48	48	(1) the [college or university] charter school's
49	49	educational program must include innovative teaching methods;
50	50	(2) the [college or university] charter school's
51	51	educational program must be implemented under the direct
52	52	supervision of a member of the teaching or research faculty of the
53	53	institution of higher education or the private or independent
54	54	institution of higher education [public senior college or
55	55	university];
56	56	(3) the faculty member supervising the [college or
57	57	university] charter school's educational program must have
58	58	substantial experience and expertise in education research,
59	59	teacher education, classroom instruction, or educational
60	60	administration;
61	61	(4) the [college or university] charter school's
62	62	educational program must be designed to meet specific goals
63	63	described in the charter, including improving student performance
64	64	or dropout recovery, and each aspect of the program must be directed
65	65	toward the attainment of the goals;
66	66	(5) the attainment of the [college or university]
67	67	charter school's educational program goals must be measured using
68	68	specific, objective standards set forth in the charter, including
69	69	assessment methods and a time frame; and
70	70	(6) the financial operations of the [college or
71	71	university] charter school must be supervised by the business
72	72	office of the institution of higher education or the private or
73	73	independent institution of higher education [public senior college
74	74	or university].
75	75	SECTION 5. Section 12.155, Education Code, is amended to
76	76	read as follows:
77	77	Sec. 12.155. SCHOOL NAME. The name of a [college or
78	78	university] charter school operated by an institution of higher
79	79	education or a private or independent institution of higher
80	80	education under this subchapter [junior college charter school]
81	81	must include the name of the institution [public senior college or
82	82	university or public junior college, as applicable, operating the
83	83	school].
84	84	SECTION 6. Section 12.156(a), Education Code, is amended to
85	85	read as follows:
86	86	(a) Except as otherwise provided by this subchapter,
87	87	Subchapter D applies to a [college or university] charter school
88	88	operated by an institution of higher education or private or
89	89	independent institution of higher education under this subchapter
90	90	[or junior college charter school] as though the [college or
91	91	university] charter school [or junior college charter school, as
92	92	applicable,] were granted a charter under that subchapter.
93	93	SECTION 7. Section 12.154(b), Education Code, is repealed.
94	94	SECTION 8. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
95	95	an application for a charter filed on or after the effective date of
96	96	this Act. An application for a charter filed before the effective
97	97	date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the
98	98	application was filed, and the former law is continued in effect for
99	99	that purpose.
100	100	SECTION 9. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
101	101	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
102	102	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
103	103	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
104	104	Act takes effect September 1, 2025.