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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to requiring a public hearing in the geographical area |
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proposed for an open-enrollment charter school. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 12.110(c), Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(c) As part of the application procedure, the board: |
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(1) to determine parental and community support for a |
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charter for an open-enrollment charter school, shall hold a public |
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hearing in the geographical area that, under Subsection (b) and |
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Section 12.111(a)(14), is described in the application form; and |
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(2) may require a petition supporting a charter for |
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the [a] school signed by a specified number of parents or guardians |
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of school-age children residing in the area [in which a school is
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proposed or may hold a public hearing to determine parental support
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for the school]. |
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SECTION 2. Section 12.114, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: |
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(c) Before the commissioner may approve a charter revision |
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request filed wholly or partly to request approval to move the |
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location of an open-enrollment charter school out of the |
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geographical area described in the school's charter or to add an |
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additional school campus at a location that is not within the |
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geographical area described in the school's charter, the agency |
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shall hold a public hearing in the geographical area in which the |
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charter holder proposes to operate the school. |
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SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to an open-enrollment charter school charter application or request |
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for a charter revision, as applicable, filed on or after the |
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effective date of this Act. A charter application or request for a |
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charter revision, as applicable, filed before the effective date of |
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this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the |
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application or request for a revision was filed, and that law is |
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continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |