89R81 BDP-D     By: Cunningham H.B. No. 1176       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the approval of open-enrollment charter schools.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 12.101(b-0), Education Code, is amended   to read as follows:          (b-0)  The commissioner shall notify the State Board of   Education of each charter the commissioner proposes to grant under   this subchapter. Unless, before the 90th day after the date on   which the board receives the notice from the commissioner,   two-thirds [a majority] of the total membership [members] of the   board [present and voting] vote against the grant of that charter,   the commissioner's proposal to grant the charter takes effect. The   board may not deliberate or vote on any grant of a charter that is   not proposed by the commissioner.          SECTION 2.  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, 2025.