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

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

FULL TEXT:
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 The following provisions of the Education Code, as effective September 1, 2013, are repealed: (1) Section 12.0522(e); (2) Sections 12.101(b-1), (b-2), and (b-7); and (3) Section 12.156(b).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.