TITLE: Relating to certain requirements for a school district to contract with an open-enrollment charter school or entity to operate a district campus.

SUMMARY: Relating to certain requirements for a school district to contract with an open-enrollment charter school or entity to operate a district campus.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to certain requirements for a school district to contract with an open-enrollment charter school or entity to operate a district campus. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 11.174, Education Code, is amended by adding Subsection (c-1) to read as follows: (c-1) Before entering into a contract as provided by this section with the governing body of an open-enrollment charter school operated by a charter holder not located in this state or with an entity not located in this state, the board of trustees of a school district must consider the contract at an open meeting and vote to enter into the contract by a record vote. SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only to a contract that is entered into on or after the effective date of this Act. A contract entered into before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law as it existed immediately before the effective date of this Act, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.