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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to permissible locations of open-enrollment charter |
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schools created by institutions of higher education. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 12.152, Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 12.152. AUTHORIZATION. In accordance with this |
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subchapter and Subchapter D, the commissioner may grant a charter |
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on the application of: |
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(1) a public senior college or university for an |
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open-enrollment charter school to operate on the campus of the |
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public senior college or university or at another location in any |
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county in this state [in the same county in which the campus of the
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public senior college or university is located]; or |
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(2) a public junior college for an open-enrollment |
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charter school to operate on the campus of the public junior college |
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or at another location in any county in this state [in the same
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county in which the campus of the public junior college is located]. |
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SECTION 2. Section 12.152, Education Code, as amended by |
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this Act: |
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(1) applies to an application for a new charter |
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pending on or submitted on or after the effective date of this Act; |
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and |
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(2) authorizes the holder of a charter granted before |
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the effective date of this Act to operate a charter school at a |
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location in any county of this state, provided that if the charter |
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holder seeks to operate an additional campus and the commissioner's |
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approval of the expansion is required under Chapter 12, Education |
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Code, the charter holder must obtain the commissioner's approval. |
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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, 2015. |