Senate Amendment 63
H 5100 - Session 125 (2023-2024)
Budget

S E N A T E A M E N D M E N T

   AMENDMENT NO. _____

GODWIN/CHANDLER

CREATEDATE \@ "MMMM d, yyyy" \* MERGEFORMAT April 23, 2024

Clerk of the Senate

   ADOPTION NO. _____

BILL NO: H.5100  (Reference is to Printer's Date 04/23/24-H.)

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 Senator DAVIS proposes the following amendment (5100R012.JG.TD.DOCX):

 Amend the bill, as and if amended, Part IB, Section 1, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, page 307, by striking proviso 1.105 and inserting:

1.105 (SDE: Charter School Transfer) Of the funds appropriated or authorized herein, a charter school that is authorized or chartered by an institution of higher education, or entity owned by or affiliated with an institution of higher education, may unilaterally assign its charter and contract to another willing authorizer provided that its current authorizer is operating under a warning of noncompliance with any core requirements or significant noncompliance of other standards or is on probation by its accrediting body for degree-granting higher education institutions. Furthermore, a charter school may apply to have its charter and contract assigned to a different authorizer if its current authorizer ceases operations. An authorizer under warning, on probation, or ceasing operation shall not demand or withhold any unspent appropriated funds held by or owed to a charter school. Furthermore, the authorizer may not charge any fees associated with the school having its charter and contract assigned to another authorizer. Prior to accepting an assignment application, the receiving authorizer shall consider any existing allegations by the prior authorizer that the assigning school is in noncompliance with its charter contract and determine whether any corrective action should be taken by the school, and the assignment shall not be allowed unless and until the corrective action has been taken. If a charter school ceases to operate for any reason as a result of this provision, then its assets become the property of the State Department of Education immediately upon closure and the State Department of Education shall be responsible for adopting and implementing a closure protocol to ensure an orderly closure in this situation.

 Amend sections, totals and title to conform.