R E S O L U T I O N

 1-1           BE IT RESOLVED by the House of the State of Texas, 75th

 1-2     Legislature, Regular Session, 1997, That House Rule 13, Section

 1-3     9(a), be suspended in part as provided by House Rule 13, Section

 1-4     9(f), to enable the conference committee appointed to resolve the

 1-5     differences on House Bill No. 318 to consider and take action on

 1-6     the following specific matter:

 1-7           House Rule 13, Section 9(a)(4), is suspended to permit the

 1-8     committee to add Section 12.1011, Education Code, to read as

 1-9     follows:

1-10           Sec. 12.1011.  PUBLIC EDUCATION GRANT CHARTERS.  (a)  In

1-11     addition to the other charters authorized under this subchapter, in

1-12     accordance with this subchapter the State Board of Education may

1-13     grant:

1-14                 (1)  not more than 100 charters for open-enrollment

1-15     charter schools that adopt an express policy providing for the

1-16     admission of students eligible for a public education grant under

1-17     Subchapter G, Chapter 29; and

1-18                 (2)  additional charters for open-enrollment charter

1-19     schools for which at least 75 percent of the prospective student

1-20     population, as specified in the proposed charter, will be students

1-21     who have dropped out of school or are at risk of dropping out of

1-22     school as defined by Section 29.081.

1-23           (b)  An open-enrollment charter school granted a charter

1-24     under this section may serve students who are not eligible for a

 2-1     public education grant under Subchapter G, Chapter 29, but a school

 2-2     granted a charter under Subsection (a)(2) must maintain, as a

 2-3     condition of its charter, the required percentage of students.

 2-4           Explanation:  This change is necessary to permit the

 2-5     committee to permit the State Board of Education to authorize

 2-6     additional open-enrollment charter schools to serve students who

 2-7     are eligible for public education grants, who have dropped out of

 2-8     school, or are at risk of dropping out of school.

                                                                     Cuellar

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                                                   Speaker of the House

               I certify that H.R. No. 1267 was adopted by the House on May

         31, 1997, by a non-record vote.

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                                                 Chief Clerk of the House