Honorable Larry Taylor, Chair, Senate Committee on Education
FROM:
Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:
SB487 by Hughes (relating to the applicability of certain laws to open-enrollment charter schools.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill would amend the Education Code and the Local Government Code to provide that open-enrollment charter schools are on the same footing as independent school districts with regard to various regulations and fees that may be imposed by a political subdivision and that a political subdivision may not take any action that would prohibit an open-enrollment charter school from operating within the political subdivision's jurisdiction that it could not take against a school district.
Local Government Impact
According to the Texas Education Agency, the bill's provision may result in a cost savings to open-enrollment charter schools.
According to the Texas Association of Counties, no significant fiscal implication to counties is anticipated.