Enrolled Bill Summary

Senate Bill 2032	Senate Author:  Creighton et al.
Effective:  5-29-23	House Sponsor:  Buckley

            Senate Bill 2032 amends the Education Code to provide for the following entities to be granted a charter to operate an adult education program and to contract with an eligible nonprofit entity to operate such a program:

·        a public school district;

·        an entity granted an open‑enrollment charter; and

·        a general academic teaching institution, public junior college, or public technical institute.

The bill establishes a 60‑day period beginning on September 1 during which the commissioner of education must annually accept charter applications and requires the commissioner to provide each applicant with a written notice of the preliminary decision to grant or deny the charter and an opportunity to cure any defects in the application. The bill authorizes the provision of funds available to the commissioner to an entity granted a charter for costs of implementing an adult education program.

Senate Bill 2032 replaces restrictions on the number of charters that may be granted by the commissioner during specified years with a general prohibition on the commissioner granting more than 10 charters. The bill also changes the conditions under which the commissioner may revoke a charter to operate an adult education program from the program failing to meet the applicable minimum performance standards for three consecutive school years after the first year of operation to the program failing to meet those standards for three consecutive years after the second year of operation.