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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the operation of and requirements for expansion of |
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certain open-enrollment charter schools. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 12.101, Education Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (b-1) to read as |
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follows: |
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(b) The State Board of Education may grant a charter for an |
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open-enrollment charter school only to an applicant that meets any |
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financial, governing, and operational standards adopted by the |
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commissioner under this subchapter. [The State Board of Education
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may not grant a total of more than 215 charters for an open
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enrollment charter school.] |
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(b-1) A charter holder may establish one or more new |
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open-enrollment charter school campuses under a charter without |
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applying for authorization from the State Board of Education if: |
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(1) the open-enrollment charter school district is |
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rated as academically acceptable or higher under Subchapter D, |
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Chapter 39; and |
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(2) no campus operating under the charter has been |
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rated as academically unacceptable for any two of the three |
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preceding school years or such a campus has been closed; and |
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(3) the charter holder provides written notice, in the |
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time, manner, and form provided by commissioner rule, to the State |
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Board of Education and the commissioner of the establishment of any |
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campus under this subsection. |
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SECTION 2. This act applies beginning with the 2009-2010 |
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school year. |
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SECTION 3. This act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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act takes effect September 1, 2009. |