By West S.B. No. 1422
77R9338 BDH-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to notice of applications for and grants of charters for
1-3 open-enrollment charter schools.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 12, Education Code, is
1-6 amended by adding Sections 12.1101 and 12.1131 to read as follows:
1-7 Sec. 12.1101. NOTIFICATION OF CHARTER APPLICATION. (a) The
1-8 commissioner by rule shall adopt a procedure for providing notice
1-9 to the following persons on receipt by the State Board of Education
1-10 of an application for a charter for an open-enrollment charter
1-11 school under Section 12.110:
1-12 (1) the board of trustees of each school district from
1-13 which the proposed open-enrollment charter school is likely to draw
1-14 students, as determined by the commissioner;
1-15 (2) the regional education service center primarily
1-16 responsible for serving the proposed school;
1-17 (3) each member of the legislature that represents the
1-18 geographic area to be served by the proposed school, as determined
1-19 by the commissioner; and
1-20 (4) any other interested person, as determined by the
1-21 commissioner.
1-22 (b) The notice provided under this section must include the
1-23 following information related to the proposed open-enrollment
1-24 charter school:
2-1 (1) the proposed name of the school;
2-2 (2) the proposed physical address of the school;
2-3 (3) the anticipated enrollment of the school;
2-4 (4) the grade levels to be offered by the school;
2-5 (5) the proposed size and student-teacher ratio of
2-6 classes at the school;
2-7 (6) the educational program to be offered by the
2-8 school, including the number of hours of instruction to be provided
2-9 to students each school day;
2-10 (7) the type of charter applied for by the school;
2-11 (8) the name and address of the person applying for
2-12 the charter; and
2-13 (9) a local contact person for the school.
2-14 Sec. 12.1131. NOTIFICATION OF DECISION TO GRANT CHARTER. (a)
2-15 The commissioner by rule shall adopt a procedure for providing
2-16 notice to the following persons of a decision by the State Board of
2-17 Education to grant a charter for an open-enrollment charter school
2-18 under Section 12.101 or 12.1011:
2-19 (1) the board of trustees of each school district from
2-20 which the open-enrollment charter school is likely to draw
2-21 students, as determined by the commissioner;
2-22 (2) the regional education service center primarily
2-23 responsible for serving the school;
2-24 (3) each member of the legislature that represents the
2-25 geographic area to be served by the school, as determined by the
2-26 commissioner; and
2-27 (4) any other interested person, as determined by the
3-1 commissioner.
3-2 (b) The notice provided under this section must include the
3-3 following information related to the open-enrollment charter
3-4 school:
3-5 (1) the name of the school;
3-6 (2) the physical address of the school;
3-7 (3) the anticipated enrollment of the school;
3-8 (4) the grade levels to be offered by the school;
3-9 (5) the proposed size and student-teacher ratio of
3-10 classes at the school;
3-11 (6) the educational program to be offered by the
3-12 school, including the number of hours of instruction to be provided
3-13 to students each school day;
3-14 (7) the type of charter granted for the school;
3-15 (8) the name and address of the person to whom the
3-16 charter was granted; and
3-17 (9) a local contact person for the school.
3-18 SECTION 2. Sections 12.1101 and 12.1131, Education Code, as
3-19 added by this Act, apply only to an application for a charter for
3-20 an open-enrollment charter school received by the State Board of
3-21 Education or a charter for an open-enrollment charter school
3-22 granted by the board on or after the effective date of this Act.
3-23 An application received or a charter granted before the effective
3-24 date of this Act is governed by the law as it existed immediately
3-25 before the effective date of this Act, and that law is continued in
3-26 effect for that purpose.
3-27 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.