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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to requiring the commissioner of education to grant |
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additional charters for certain 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. Subchapter D, Chapter 12, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 12.1015 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 12.1015. ADDITIONAL CHARTER FOR OPEN-ENROLLMENT |
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CHARTER SCHOOLS ALLOWED. (a) Notwithstanding Section 12.101(b-3), |
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on written request from a charter holder, the commissioner shall |
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grant a charter for an open-enrollment charter school to a charter |
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holder if: |
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(1) the additional charter is for an open-enrollment |
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charter school that will continue a campus operated by the charter |
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holder; and |
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(2) as of January 1, 2013, the campus: |
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(A) primarily serves students with disabilities |
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under Section 12.1014; or |
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(B) provides a full-time online program eligible |
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for funding under Section 30A.153. |
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(b) The commissioner shall grant a charter under this |
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section not later than the 30th day after the date the commissioner |
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receives a request under Subsection (a). |
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SECTION 2. 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, 2017. |