Amend SB 668 (house committee printing) as follows:

(1)  On page 12, line 21, strike "allow" and substitute "require".

(2)  On page 12, line 23, strike "up to" and substitute "not later than".

(3)  Strike page 13, lines 2 through 15, and substitute the following:

Sec. 12.1101.  NOTIFICATION OF CHARTER APPLICATION OR REQUEST FOR EXPANSION [ESTABLISHMENT OF CAMPUS]. (a) The commissioner by rule shall adopt a procedure for providing notice to the following persons on receipt by the commissioner of an application for a charter for an open-enrollment charter school under Section 12.110 or a request for approval of an expansion amendment to a charter under Section 12.114 [of notice of the establishment of a campus as authorized under Section 12.101(b-4)]:

(1)  the superintendent and the board of trustees of each school district from which the proposed open-enrollment charter school or campus is likely to draw students, as determined by the commissioner; and

(2)  each member of the legislature that represents the geographic area to be served by the proposed school or campus, as determined by the commissioner.

(4)  Strike SECTION 2.03 of the bill (page 13, lines 16 through 22), and substitute the following:

SECTION 2.03.  Section 12.114, Education Code, is amended by adding Subsections (d), (e), and (f) to read as follows:

(d)  Except as provided by Subsection (e), a charter holder may submit a request for approval for an expansion amendment up to 18 months before the date on which the expansion will be effective.