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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to authorization for a school district board of trustees |
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to grant charters for the establishment of certain charter schools. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 12, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 12.0523 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 12.0523. CHARTER OPERATED BY DISTRICT. (a) The |
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commissioner by rule shall authorize a school district board of |
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trustees to grant a charter for the establishment of a charter |
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school in accordance with this section. |
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(b) A charter school established under this section is |
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administered by the superintendent of the school district granting |
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the charter. The governing body of the charter school is the board |
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of trustees of the school district granting the charter. |
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(c) The commissioner shall adopt rules for the operation of |
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a charter school established under this section relating to: |
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(1) a process through which the charter school |
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requests and obtains from the State Board of Education waivers from |
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otherwise applicable provisions of this code; |
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(2) a school district's ability to sell or otherwise |
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dispose of the charter; |
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(3) intellectual property rights belonging to a school |
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district that established the charter school; |
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(4) a student enrollment process; |
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(5) employment of teachers; and |
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(6) the allocation of funding generated by students |
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attending the charter school. |
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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. |