Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

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1	1	89R3430 CMO-F
2	2	By: Bernal H.B. No. 756
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7	7	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	8	AN ACT
9	9	relating to the requirements for the revision of a charter for an
10	10	open-enrollment charter school.
11	11	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
12	12	SECTION 1. Section 12.1101, Education Code, is amended to
13	13	read as follows:
14	14	Sec. 12.1101. NOTIFICATION OF CHARTER APPLICATION [OR
15	15	ESTABLISHMENT OF CAMPUS]. The commissioner by rule shall adopt a
16	16	procedure for providing notice to the following persons on receipt
17	17	by the commissioner of an application for a charter for an
18	18	open-enrollment charter school under Section 12.110 [or of notice
19	19	of the establishment of a campus as authorized under Section
20	20	12.101(b-4)]:
21	21	(1) the superintendent and the board of trustees of
22	22	each school district from which the proposed open-enrollment
23	23	charter school or campus is likely to draw students, as determined
24	24	by the commissioner; and
25	25	(2) each member of the legislature that represents the
26	26	geographic area to be served by the proposed school or campus, as
27	27	determined by the commissioner.
28	28	SECTION 2. Section 12.114, Education Code, is amended to
29	29	read as follows:
30	30	Sec. 12.114. REVISION. (a) A revision of a charter of an
31	31	open-enrollment charter school that is not an expansion revision
32	32	may be made only with the approval of the commissioner. An
33	33	expansion revision, as defined by commissioner rule, may be made
34	34	only in the manner provided by this section.
35	35	(b) Not more than once during each biennium [each year], an
36	36	open-enrollment charter school may request approval of an expansion
37	37	amendment to:
38	38	(1) increase [to revise] the maximum allowable student
39	39	enrollment described by the school's charter;
40	40	(2) add a new campus or site;
41	41	(3) relocate an existing campus or site more than five
42	42	miles from the current location;
43	43	(4) extend the grade levels described by the school's
44	44	charter; or
45	45	(5) expand the geographic boundaries described by the
46	46	school's charter.
47	47	(c) A [Not later than the 60th day after the date that a]
48	48	charter holder shall submit [submits] to the commissioner a
49	49	completed request for approval for an expansion amendment. A
50	50	request for approval submitted under this section must include
51	51	information needed for an evaluation of the charter holder as
52	52	provided by Subsection (d).
53	53	(d) The commissioner shall thoroughly review a request for
54	54	approval for an expansion amendment and ensure approval of the
55	55	request is in the best interest of all students in the state. The
56	56	commissioner may not approve a request if during each of the two
57	57	years preceding the date of the request the open-enrollment charter
58	58	school has not served the lesser of:
59	59	(1) the state average of students eligible to receive
60	60	services under Subchapter A, Chapter 29; or
61	61	(2) the average of students eligible to receive
62	62	services under Subchapter A, Chapter 29, in the largest school
63	63	district in which the charter school operates a campus.
64	64	(e) The commissioner may not waive the requirements of
65	65	Subsection (d).
66	66	(f) The [, as defined by commissioner rule, including a new
67	67	school amendment, the] commissioner shall provide to the charter
68	68	holder written notice of approval or disapproval of an [the]
69	69	amendment requested under this section.
70	70	(g) [(d)] A charter holder may submit a request for approval
71	71	for an expansion amendment up to 36 months before the date on which
72	72	the expansion will be effective. A request for approval of an
73	73	expansion amendment does not obligate the charter holder to
74	74	complete the proposed expansion.
75	75	SECTION 3. Sections 12.101(b-4) and (b-10), Education Code,
76	76	are repealed.
77	77	SECTION 4. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
78	78	a request for approval of a revision to the charter of an
79	79	open-enrollment charter school submitted on or after the effective
80	80	date of this Act. A request submitted before the effective date of
81	81	this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the request was
82	82	submitted, and the former law is continued in effect for that
83	83	purpose.
84	84	SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.