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CS/SB 1578: Education

GENERAL BILL by Education ; Hutson

Education; Requiring the Department of Education to collect certain information about career preparation and placement in this state; authorizing state universities designated by the State Board of Education to sponsor a charter school; providing that charter schools operated by a municipality, a public entity, or a private, not-for-profit organization are eligible for a 15-year charter if approved by the sponsor; requiring that any arrangement entered into to borrow or otherwise secure funds for a charter school from certain sources indemnify the sponsor, rather than the school district; authorizing charter schools to offer career and professional academies, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2020
Last Action: 3/14/2020 Senate - Died in Appropriations Subcommittee on Education
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Education (ED)
  2. Appropriations Subcommittee on Education (AED)
  3. Appropriations (AP)

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    1/8/2020 Senate • Filed
    1/13/2020 Senate • Referred to Education; Appropriations Subcommittee on Education; Appropriations -SJ 118
    1/14/2020 Senate • Introduced -SJ 118
    1/29/2020 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Education, 02/03/20, 1:30 pm, 412 Knott Building
    2/3/2020 Senate • CS by Education; YEAS 5 NAYS 1 -SJ 229
    2/4/2020 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
    • CS by Education read 1st time -SJ 233
    2/6/2020 Senate • Now in Appropriations Subcommittee on Education
    3/14/2020 Senate • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
    • Died in Appropriations Subcommittee on Education

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  • CS/SB 1578, Committee Substitute 1 (Current Bill Version) Posted 2/4/2020 at 10:30 AM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   None

    Related Bills (3)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 953 (c1) Charter Schools McClain Compare Last Action: 3/14/2020 H Died on Calendar
    H 1029 (c2) Charter Schools Rodriguez Compare Last Action: 3/14/2020 H Died on Calendar
    H 7065 (e2) School Safety Education Committee Compare Last Action: 3/14/2020 H Died in returning Messages

    Citations - Statutes (17)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    11.40 Legislative Auditing Committee. Page 48 (pdf)
    163.3180 Concurrency. Page 49 (pdf)
    196.1983 Charter school exemption from ad valorem taxes. Page 52 (pdf)
    218.39 Annual financial audit reports. Page 53 (pdf)
    381.0056 School health services program. Page 53 (pdf)
    409.1664 Adoption benefits for qualifying adoptive employees of state agencies. Page 55 (pdf)
    409.9072 Medicaid provider agreements for charter schools and private schools. Page 56 (pdf)
    944.801 Education for state prisoners. Page 56 (pdf)
    951.176 Provision of education. Page 56 (pdf)
    1002.24 Page 5 (pdf)
    1002.33 Charter schools. Page 7 (pdf)
    1002.333 Persistently low-performing schools. Page 45 (pdf)
    1003.493 Career and professional academies and career-themed courses. Page 46 (pdf)
    1006.15 Student standards for participation in interscholastic and intrascholastic extracurricular student activities; regulation. Page 57 (pdf)
    1008.33 Authority to enforce public school improvement. Page 58 (pdf)
    1011.61 Definitions. Page 59 (pdf)
    1013.385 School district construction flexibility. Page 47 (pdf)

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  • SB 1578, Original Filed Version Posted 1/8/2020 at 4:40 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Education (Pre-Meeting) 1/31/2020 (pdf)
    Education (Post-Meeting) 2/4/2020 (pdf)

    Related Bills (2)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 953 Charter Schools McClain Compare Last Action: 3/14/2020 H Died on Calendar
    H 7065 School Safety Education Committee Compare Last Action: 3/14/2020 H Died in returning Messages

    Committee Amendments (1)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    941682 - Amendment
    Delete lines 1102 - 1108 and insert:
    Education
    (Hutson)
    1/30/2020
    4:49 PM
    Replaced by Committee Substitute
    2/3/2020
    Web Page
    PDF

    Committee Votes (1)

    Date Committee Result
    2/3/2020 1:30 PM Education 5 Yeas - 1 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (17)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    11.40 Legislative Auditing Committee. Page 48 (pdf)
    163.3180 Concurrency. Page 49 (pdf)
    196.1983 Charter school exemption from ad valorem taxes. Page 52 (pdf)
    218.39 Annual financial audit reports. Page 53 (pdf)
    381.0056 School health services program. Page 53 (pdf)
    409.1664 Adoption benefits for qualifying adoptive employees of state agencies. Page 55 (pdf)
    409.9072 Medicaid provider agreements for charter schools and private schools. Page 56 (pdf)
    944.801 Education for state prisoners. Page 56 (pdf)
    951.176 Provision of education. Page 56 (pdf)
    1002.24 Page 5 (pdf)
    1002.33 Charter schools. Page 7 (pdf)
    1002.333 Persistently low-performing schools. Page 45 (pdf)
    1003.493 Career and professional academies and career-themed courses. Page 46 (pdf)
    1006.15 Student standards for participation in interscholastic and intrascholastic extracurricular student activities; regulation. Page 57 (pdf)
    1008.33 Authority to enforce public school improvement. Page 58 (pdf)
    1011.61 Definitions. Page 59 (pdf)
    1013.385 School district construction flexibility. Page 47 (pdf)

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