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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the waiting list for an open-enrollment charter school. |
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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 12.1172 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 12.1172. WAITING LIST FOR ADMISSION TO OPEN-ENROLLMENT |
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CHARTER SCHOOL. (a) An open-enrollment charter school with a |
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waiting list for admission must make available on its Internet |
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website: |
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(1) the school's current waiting list, with each |
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student on the list represented by a unique identification number |
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that does not reveal the student's identity; and |
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(2) a description of the process used to select |
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students from the waiting list. |
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(b) An open-enrollment charter school shall provide the |
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parent of or person standing in parental relation to a student to be |
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included on the waiting list with: |
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(1) information on how to access the publicly |
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available waiting list required by this section; and |
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(2) the student's unique identification number. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2017-2018 |
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school year. |
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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, 2017. |