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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a proposition for certain school districts to be |
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prohibited from imposing an ad valorem tax and to be operated and |
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funded in the same manner as 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. Section 11.301, Education Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsections (c) and (d) to read |
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as follows: |
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(a) Except as otherwise provided by this section, a [A] |
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school district or county system operating under former Chapter 17, |
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18, 22, 25, 26, 27, or 28 on May 1, 1995, may continue to operate |
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under the applicable chapter as that chapter existed on that date |
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and under state law generally applicable to school districts that |
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does not conflict with that chapter. |
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(c) Notwithstanding any other law, not later than November |
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1, 2023, the board of directors of a school district operating under |
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former Chapter 26, as that chapter existed on May 1, 1995, shall |
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order an election to be held on the first uniform election date that |
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allows sufficient time to comply with any requirements of law on the |
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question of prohibiting the district from imposing an ad valorem |
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tax and providing for the district to be operated and funded in the |
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same manner as an open-enrollment charter school under Subchapter |
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D, Chapter 12. |
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(d) Notwithstanding any other law, if a majority of the |
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registered voters of the school district vote to approve the |
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proposition under Subsection (c): |
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(1) the board shall: |
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(A) notify the agency of the approval of the |
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proposition; and |
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(B) in coordination and consultation with the |
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agency, develop a transition plan approved by the agency to provide |
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for the district to be operated and funded in the same manner as an |
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open-enrollment charter school under Subchapter D, Chapter 12; and |
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(2) the district may not impose an ad valorem tax for |
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any purpose on or after the date on which the election was held. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |