Honorable Larry Taylor, Chair, Senate Committee on Education
FROM:
Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:
SB1883 by Campbell (Relating to the approval of open-enrollment charter schools and the review of challenges by open-enrollment charter schools or school districts to accountability determinations.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill would remove the requirement that the Commissioner of Education shall work in coordination with a member of the State Board of Education when granting a charter for an open-enrollment charter school. The bill would require the Commissioner of Education to adopt procedures for the appeal of a charter school application.
The Texas Education Agency indicates there would be a cost to implement the provisions of the bill, but this analysis assumes any such cost could be absorbed within existing resources.
The bill would take effect immediately if it received a vote of two-thirds of the members elected to each chamber; otherwise, it would take effect September 1, 2017.
Local Government Impact
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.