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TX SB1127

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/6/2025

Primary Sponsor

Mayes Middleton

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Origin

Senate

89th Legislature Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Allows open-enrollment charter schools to adopt admission policies that limit enrollment to students of a single biological sex, as documented on the student's official birth certificate or other governmental record

  • Expands the classification of charter types to explicitly include college/university charters, junior college charters, and adult education program charters as distinct charter classes

  • Designates open-enrollment charter schools as political subdivisions or local government entities for additional purposes, including public school customer status for certain tax provisions and local authority status for designating school crossing guards

  • Permits charter schools to employ teachers for noncore career and technical education courses without a baccalaureate degree if the person meets qualifications under Section 21.055(d-1) and the governing body complies with applicable requirements

  • Clarifies that assistant principals and assistant directors are not considered officers or members of an open-enrollment charter school's governing body for conflict of interest purposes

  • Applies beginning with the 2025-2026 school year, with immediate effect if passed by two-thirds vote or September 1, 2025 otherwise

Legislative Description

Relating to charter schools, including the admission, enrollment, and employment policies of and the applicability of certain laws to open-enrollment charter schools.

Education

Last Action

Referred to Education K-16

2/24/2025

Committee Referrals

Education K-162/24/2025

Full Bill Text

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