88R6592 JTZ-F     By: Goldman H.B. No. 2102       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the establishment of a new open-enrollment charter   school campus by certain charter holders and to the expansion of an   open-enrollment charter school.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 12.101(b-10), Education Code, is amended   to read as follows:          (b-10)  The commissioner by rule shall allow a charter holder   to provide written notice of the establishment of a new   open-enrollment charter school campus under Subsection (b-4)(2) up   to 36 [18] months before the date on which the campus is anticipated   to open. Notice provided to the commissioner under this section   does not obligate the charter holder to open a new campus.          SECTION 2.  Section 12.114(d), Education Code, is amended to   read as follows:          (d)  A charter holder may submit a request for approval for   an expansion amendment up to 36 [18] months before the date on which   the expansion will be effective.  A request for approval of an   expansion amendment does not obligate the charter holder to   complete the proposed expansion.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.