TITLE: Relating to the number of charters the State Board of Education may grant for open-enrollment charter schools.

SUMMARY: Relating to the number of charters the State Board of Education may grant for open-enrollment charter schools.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the number of charters the State Board of Education may grant for open-enrollment charter schools. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 12.101(b), Education Code, is amended to read as follows: (b) The State Board of Education may grant a charter for an open-enrollment charter school only to an applicant that meets any financial, governing, and operational standards adopted by the commissioner under this subchapter. [The State Board of Education may not grant a total of more than 215 charters for an open-enrollment charter school.] SECTION 2. Section 12.156(b), Education Code, is repealed. 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.