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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the number of charters the State Board of Education may |
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grant for 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(b), Education Code, is amended to |
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read as 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 10 new [215] charters for an |
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open-enrollment charter school each state fiscal year. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |