82R2174 EAH-F
 
  By: Patrick H.B. No. 733
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the number of charters the State Board of Education may
  grant for open-enrollment charter schools.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 12.101(b), Education Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (b)  The State Board of Education may grant a charter for an
  open-enrollment charter school only to an applicant that meets any
  financial, governing, and operational standards adopted by the
  commissioner under this subchapter. The State Board of Education
  may not grant [a total of] more than 10 new [215] charters for an
  open-enrollment charter school each state fiscal year.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.