Bill Text: TX HB2366 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to the authority of an open-enrollment charter school operated by a municipality to give a preference in admissions to children of employees of the municipality.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective immediately [HB2366 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB2366-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to the authority of an open-enrollment charter school operated by a municipality to give a preference in admissions to children of employees of the municipality.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective immediately [HB2366 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB2366-Introduced.html
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relating to the authority of an open-enrollment charter school | ||
operated by a municipality to give a preference in admissions to | ||
children of employees of the municipality. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 12.117, Education Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: | ||
(c) An open-enrollment charter school authorized by a | ||
charter granted under this subchapter to a municipality: | ||
(1) is considered a work-site open-enrollment charter | ||
school for purposes of federal regulations regarding admissions | ||
policies that apply to open-enrollment charter schools receiving | ||
federal funding; and | ||
(2) notwithstanding Subsection (a), may admit | ||
children of employees of the municipality to the school before | ||
conducting a lottery to fill remaining available positions, | ||
provided that the number of children admitted under this | ||
subdivision constitutes only a small percentage, as may be further | ||
specified by federal regulation, of the school's total enrollment. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |