By: Stucky H.B. No. 3163       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to campuses of an open-enrollment charter school.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 12.101(b-4), Education Code, is amended   by adding a new Subsection (4) to read as follows:          (b-4)  Notwithstanding Section 12.114, approval of the   commissioner under that section is not required for establishment   of a new open-enrollment charter school campus if the requirements   of this subsection are satisfied. A charter holder having an   accreditation status of accredited and at least 50 percent of its   student population in grades assessed under Subchapter B, Chapter   39, or at least 50 percent of the students in the grades assessed   having been enrolled in the school for at least three school years   may establish one or more new campuses under an existing charter   held by the charter holder if:                (1)  the charter holder is currently evaluated under   the standard accountability procedures for evaluation under   Chapter 39 and received a district rating in the highest or second   highest performance rating category under Subchapter C, Chapter 39,   for three of the last five years with at least 75 percent of the   campuses rated under the charter also receiving a rating in the   highest or second highest performance rating category and with no   campus with a rating in the lowest performance rating category in   the most recent ratings;                (2)  the charter holder provides written notice to the   commissioner of the establishment of any campus under this   subsection in the time, manner, and form provided by rule of the   commissioner; and                (3)  not later than the 60th day after the date the   charter holder provides written notice under Subdivision (2), the   commissioner does not provide written notice to the charter holder   that the commissioner has determined that the charter holder does   not satisfy the requirements of this section.; and                (4)  the charter holder cannot establish one or more   new campuses under an existing charter held by the charter holder if   the new campuses would be located within a public school district   that is currently evaluated under the standard accountability   procedures for evaluation under Chapter 39 and received a district   rating in the highest or second highest performance rating category   under Subchapter C, Chapter 39, for three of the last five years   with at least 75 percent of the campuses rated in the public school   district receiving a rating in the highest or second highest   performance rating category and with no campus with a rating in the   lowest performance rating category in the most recent ratings.          SECTION 2.  This Act applies beginning with the 2021-2022   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, 2021.