By:  Bivins                                            S.R. No. 932

                                  SENATE RESOLUTION

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

 1-2     Legislature, Regular Session, 1997, That Senate Rule 12.03 be

 1-3     suspended in part as provided by Senate Rule 12.08 to enable the

 1-4     conference committee appointed to resolve the differences on House

 1-5     Bill No. 318 to consider and take action on the following specific

 1-6     matter:

 1-7           Senate Rule 12.03(4) is suspended to permit the committee to

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

 1-9           Sec. 12.1011.  PUBLIC EDUCATION GRANT CHARTERS.  (a)  In

1-10     addition to the other charters authorized under this subchapter, in

1-11     accordance with this subchapter the State Board of Education may

1-12     grant:

1-13                 (1)  not more than 100 charters for open-enrollment

1-14     charter schools that adopt an express policy providing for the

1-15     admission of students eligible for a public education grant under

1-16     Subchapter G, Chapter 29; and

1-17                 (2)  additional charters for open-enrollment charter

1-18     schools for which at least 75 percent of the prospective student

1-19     population, as specified in the proposed charter, will be students

1-20     who have dropped out of school or are at risk of dropping out of

1-21     school as defined by Section 29.081.

1-22           (b)  An open-enrollment charter school granted a charter

1-23     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 who are at risk of dropping out of school.

 2-9                                  ______________________________________

2-10                                          President of the Senate

2-11                                       I hereby certify that the above

2-12                                  Resolution was adopted by the Senate

2-13                                  on May 29, 1997, by the following vote:

2-14                                  Yeas 30, Nays 0.

2-15                                  ______________________________________

2-16                                          Secretary of the Senate