Enrolled Bill Summary

House Bill 1202 amends the Education Code to prohibit the commissioner of education from garnishing or recovering state funds paid to an open-enrollment charter school if all three of the following apply: (1) the garnishment or recovery is based on the fact that the school's enrollment in a school year exceeded the enrollment specified in the school's charter and the state funding was based on that actual enrollment; (2) either the school submits a timely request to revise the enrollment limit in the school's charter and the commissioner does not object to the charter revision in writing within 90 days after receiving that request, or the excess enrollment is due to a court order to enroll a specific child in the school; and (3) the school used all of its state funds to provide education services to students. The bill also limits a charter school to one request for a charter revision on the basis of enrollment per year.