By: West, Menéndez S.B. No. 605     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-4), Education Code, is amended   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 and each campus operating under   the charter are not currently subject to an action of the   commissioner described by Section 39A.002(7) or (8);                (3) [(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                (4) [(3)]  not later than the 60th day after the date   the charter holder provides written notice under Subdivision (3)    [(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.          SECTION 2.  Section 12.114, Education Code, is amended by   adding Subsection (c-1) to read as follows:          (c-1)  The commissioner may not approve a request for   approval of an expansion amendment if the charter holder or any   campus operating under the charter is currently subject to an   action of the commissioner described by Section 39A.002(7) or (8).           SECTION 3.  The changes in law made by this Act apply only to   a new open-enrollment charter school campus established or a   request for approval of an expansion amendment by an   open-enrollment charter school submitted on or after the effective   date of this Act.  A campus established or a request submitted   before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in   effect on the date the campus was established or request submitted,   and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.          SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.