Bill Text: TX SB19 | 2013 | 83rd Legislature 3rd Special Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the number of charters that may be granted for open-enrollment charter schools.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-08-05 - Filed [SB19 Detail]

Download: Texas-2013-SB19-Introduced.html

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83S30084 CAS-D
By: Patrick S.B. No. 19

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the number of charters that may be granted for
open-enrollment charter schools.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 12.1014(b), Education Code, as effective
September 1, 2013, is amended to read as follows:
(b) [The limit on the number of charters for open-enrollment
charter schools imposed by Section 12.101 does not apply to a
charter granted under this section to a school at which at least 50
percent of the students are eligible to receive services under
Subchapter A, Chapter 29.] Not more than five charters may be
granted under this section for schools at which at least 50 percent
of the students are eligible to receive services under Subchapter
A, Chapter 29 [described by this subsection].
SECTION 2. Section 221.0071(a), Human Resources Code, as
effective September 1, 2013, is amended to read as follows:
(a) Notwithstanding any other law [and in addition to the
number of charters allowed under Subchapter D, Chapter 12,
Education Code], the commissioner of education may grant a charter
on the application of a detention, correctional, or residential
facility established only for juvenile offenders under Section
51.12, 51.125, or 51.126, Family Code.
SECTION 3. Section 221.056(d), Human Resources Code, as
effective September 1, 2013, is amended to read as follows:
(d) Notwithstanding any other law [and in addition to the
number of charters allowed under Subchapter D, Chapter 12,
Education Code], the commissioner of education shall grant a
charter on the application of a residential treatment facility
established under this section for a school chartered for the
purposes of this section.
SECTION 4. The following provisions of the Education Code,
as effective September 1, 2013, are repealed:
(1) Section 12.0522(e);
(2) Sections 12.101(b-1), (b-2), and (b-7); and
(3) Section 12.156(b).
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect on the 91st day after the
last day of the legislative session.