BILL ANALYSIS

H.B. 2190

By: Hunter

Public Education

Committee Report (Unamended)

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE

It has been reported that open-enrollment charter schools in certain locations may have difficulty in recruiting and retaining teachers because the requirement that enrolled students live within a designated geographic boundary may mean that potential teachers are unable to enroll their own children. H.B. 2190 seeks to address this issue by authorizing a charter school that meets applicable criteria to exempt the children of employees from the residence requirement.

CRIMINAL JUSTICE IMPACT

It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly create a criminal offense, increase the punishment for an existing criminal offense or category of offenses, or change the eligibility of a person for community supervision, parole, or mandatory supervision.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution.

ANALYSIS

H.B. 2190 amends the Education Code to authorize an open-enrollment charter school with an enrollment greater than 200 students that is located in a county with a population of less than 400,000 that contains a municipality with a population of at least 300,000 to admit a child of an employee of the school regardless of whether the child resides in the geographic area served by the school. The bill applies beginning with the 2019-2020 school year.

EFFECTIVE DATE

On passage, or, if the bill does not receive the necessary vote, September 1, 2019.