87R16560 KJE-D
 
  By: Dominguez H.B. No. 2391
 
  Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2391:
 
  By:  Dutton C.S.H.B. No. 2391
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the methods by which students may be admitted to public
  schools and the disclosure of information regarding public school
  admission methods.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 12.117, Education Code, is amended by
  adding Subsections (a-1) and (b-1) to read as follows:
         (a-1)  An open-enrollment charter school that fills
  available positions by lottery under Subsection (a)(2)(A) may use a
  weighted lottery that assigns weights to applicants so that an
  applicant's probability of admission increases if the applicant is:
               (1)  eligible to participate in a special education
  program under Section 29.003;
               (2)  a student of limited English proficiency, as
  defined by Section 29.052; or
               (3)  a student at risk of dropping out of school, as
  defined by Section 29.081(d).
         (b-1)  An open-enrollment charter school shall post in a
  prominent and appropriate location on the school's public Internet
  website notice of:
               (1)  the method by which the school fills available
  positions in the school, including whether the school uses:
                     (A)  a lottery; or
                     (B)  a weighted lottery; and
               (2)  if the school fills available positions by
  weighted lottery under Subsection (a-1), the weights assigned to
  applicants under that subsection.
         SECTION 2.  Section 12.1173(a), Education Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (a)  The commissioner by rule shall adopt a common admission
  application form for use by an applicant for admission to an
  open-enrollment charter school that provides for the submission of
  information that the commissioner considers appropriate, including
  information necessary for an open-enrollment charter school to
  implement a weighted lottery under Section 12.117(a-1).
         SECTION 3.  Section 25.001, Education Code, is amended by
  adding Subsection (k) to read as follows:
         (k)  If a school district elects to admit students not
  described by Subsection (b) into the district's schools, the
  district shall post in a prominent and appropriate location on the
  district's public Internet website notice of:
               (1)  the method by which the district admits those
  students; and
               (2)  if the district uses a weighted lottery to admit
  those students, the weights assigned to applicants for the lottery,
  including the weights assigned to an applicant who is:
                     (A)  eligible to participate in the school's
  special education program under Section 29.003;
                     (B)  a student of limited English proficiency, as
  defined by Section 29.052; or
                     (C)  a student at risk of dropping out of school,
  as defined by Section 29.081(d).
         SECTION 4.  Section 12.117(a-1), Education Code, as added by
  this Act, applies beginning with admissions for the 2022-2023
  school year.
         SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.