89R1380 KJE-D
By: West S.B. No. 590
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the approval of a request for the revision of a charter
for an open-enrollment charter school.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 12.114, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (a-1) and amending Subsection (c) to read as
follows:
(a-1) The commissioner shall notify the State Board of
Education of each request for revision the commissioner proposes to
grant under this section. Unless, before the 60th day after the date
on which the board receives the notice from the commissioner, a
majority of the members of the board present and voting vote against
the revision of the charter, the commissioner's proposal to grant
the revision to the charter takes effect. The board may not
deliberate or vote on any revision to a charter that is not proposed
by the commissioner.
(c) Not later than the 120th [60th] day after the date that a
charter holder submits to the commissioner a completed request for
approval for an expansion amendment, as defined by commissioner
rule, including a new school amendment, the commissioner shall
provide to the charter holder written notice of approval or
disapproval of the amendment.
SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
a request for approval of a revision to the charter of an
open-enrollment charter school submitted on or after the effective
date of this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.