88R11348 AMF-F     By: Bettencourt S.B. No. 1863       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the authorization for and transfer of a charter for an   adult high school charter school program.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 12.255, Education Code, is amended by   adding Subsections (b-1) and (f) and amending Subsections (d) and   (e) to read as follows:          (b-1)  A charter granted under former Section 29.259 may be   transferred by the charter holder to a nonprofit entity described   by Section 12.256 if the commissioner is provided notice of the   transfer.          (d)  A charter granted under former Section 29.259 or   transferred by the charter holder to a nonprofit entity under   Subsection (b-1) may not be counted toward the limit under   Subsection (c).          (e)  Except as provided by Subsection (f), a [A] nonprofit   entity granted a charter under the program may not enroll more than   350 students in an adult education program operated under that   charter during the first two years after the charter is granted.          (f)  Subsection (e) [This subsection] does not apply to:                (1)  a charter granted under former Section 29.259;                (2)  a[, regardless of whether that] charter [is]   transferred under Subsection (b-1); or                (3)  a charter granted under Subsection (c) to a   nonprofit entity that operates an open-enrollment charter school   designated as a dropout recovery school under Section 39.0548 that   has graduated not less than 1,000 students in each of the three   school years preceding the school year in which the nonprofit   entity begins operating an adult education program [to another   nonprofit entity as provided by law].          SECTION 2.  This Act applies beginning with the 2023-2024   school year.          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.  If this   Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this   Act takes effect September 1, 2023.