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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the authorization for and transfer of a charter for an |
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adult high school charter school program. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 12.255, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsections (b-1) and (f) and amending Subsections (d) and |
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(e) to read as follows: |
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(b-1) A charter granted under former Section 29.259 may be |
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transferred by the charter holder to a nonprofit entity described |
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by Section 12.256 if the commissioner is provided notice of the |
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transfer. |
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(d) A charter granted under former Section 29.259 or |
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transferred by the charter holder to a nonprofit entity under |
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Subsection (b-1) may not be counted toward the limit under |
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Subsection (c). |
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(e) Except as provided by Subsection (f), a [A] nonprofit |
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entity granted a charter under the program may not enroll more than |
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350 students in an adult education program operated under that |
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charter during the first two years after the charter is granted. |
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(f) Subsection (e) [This subsection] does not apply to: |
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(1) a charter granted under former Section 29.259; |
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(2) a[, regardless of whether that] charter [is] |
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transferred under Subsection (b-1); or |
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(3) a charter granted under Subsection (c) to a |
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nonprofit entity that operates an open-enrollment charter school |
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designated as a dropout recovery school under Section 39.0548 that |
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has graduated not less than 1,000 students in each of the three |
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school years preceding the school year in which the nonprofit |
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entity begins operating an adult education program [to another |
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nonprofit entity as provided by law]. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2023-2024 |
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school year. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |