TITLE: Relating to permissible locations of open-enrollment charter schools created by institutions of higher education.

SUMMARY: Relating to permissible locations of open-enrollment charter schools created by institutions of higher education.

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AN ACT relating to permissible locations of open-enrollment charter schools created by institutions of higher education. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 12.152, Education Code, is amended to read as follows: Sec. 12.152. AUTHORIZATION. In accordance with this subchapter and Subchapter D, the commissioner may grant a charter on the application of: (1) a public senior college or university for an open-enrollment charter school to operate on the campus of the public senior college or university or at another location in any county in this state [in the same county in which the campus of the public senior college or university is located];or (2) a public junior college for an open-enrollment charter school to operate on the campus of the public junior college or at another location in any county in this state [in the same county in which the campus of the public junior college is located].SECTION 2. Section 12.152, Education Code, as amended by this Act: (1) applies to an application for a new charter pending on or submitted on or after the effective date of this Act; and (2) authorizes the holder of a charter granted before the effective date of this Act to operate a charter school at a location in any county of this state, provided that if the charter holder seeks to operate an additional campus and the commissioner's approval of the expansion is required under Chapter 12, Education Code, the charter holder must obtain the commissioner's approval. SECTION 3. 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.