CS/SB 1420 (2020) -  Charter Schools

by Education and Flores
Prohibiting sponsors from refusing to receive a charter school application submitted during the calendar year; revising how charter schools operated by not-for-profit or municipal entities may use certain unrestricted current and capital assets; specifying how many applications a high-performing charter school may submit in any school district in the state to establish and operate a new charter school; revising the virtual instruction a virtual charter school may provide, etc.
Effective Date: 07/01/2020
Last Event: 03/14/20 S Died in Appropriations on Saturday, March 14, 2020 12:00 AM

Referred Committees and Committee Actions

Senate Referrals

  • Education
    • On agenda for: 01/21/20 2:30 PM
    • Favorable With Committee Substitute (final action) Votes: Yeas 6   Nays 2
  • Appropriations Subcommittee on Education
    • On agenda for: 02/13/20 10:00 AM
    • Recommendation: Favorable With Committee Substitute (final action) Votes: Yeas 7   Nays 0
  • Appropriations

Related Bills

Bill Text

    • 183484 , Appropriations Date Filed: 02/14/20, Line#: 0
    • 536610 , Appropriations Subcommittee on Education, Flores Date Filed: 02/11/20, Line#: 172 Senate(c): Replaced by Committee Substitute 02/17/2020 01:52 PM
    • 795944 , Appropriations Subcommittee on Education, Flores Date Filed: 02/12/20, Line#: 207 Senate(c): Replaced by Committee Substitute 02/17/2020 01:52 PM
    • 513076 , Education, Flores Date Filed: 01/21/20, Line#: 150 Senate(c): Replaced by Committee Substitute 01/21/2020 04:48 PM

Staff Analysis

Chamber Committee
Chamber: Senate Committee: Appropriations Subcommittee on Education 2/17/2020 1:29:30 PM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Appropriations Subcommittee on Education 2/12/2020 10:04:12 AM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Education 1/22/2020 2:47:06 PM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Education 1/17/2020 2:34:21 PM

Vote History

(No Votes Recorded)

Bill History

Event Time Member Committee Ver.
Event: S Died in Appropriations Time: 03/14/2020 - 12:00 AM Member: Committee: Appropriations Version: c1
Event: S Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration Time: 03/14/2020 - 12:00 AM Member: Committee: Version: c1
Event: S Now in Appropriations Time: 02/17/2020 - 2:07 PM Member: Committee: Appropriations Version: c1
Event: S Subcommittee Recommendation: CS/CS by Appropriations Subcommittee on Education; YEAS 7 NAYS 0 -SJ 326 Time: 02/13/2020 - 10:46 AM Member: Committee: Appropriations Subcommittee on Education Version: c1
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Subcommittee on Education, 02/13/20, 10:00 am, 412 Knott Building Time: 02/10/2020 - 5:13 PM Member: Committee: Appropriations Subcommittee on Education Version: c1
Event: S CS by Education read 1st time -SJ 199 Time: 01/27/2020 - 3:20 PM Member: Committee: Education Version: c1
Event: S Now in Appropriations Subcommittee on Education Time: 01/23/2020 - 1:38 PM Member: Committee: Appropriations Subcommittee on Education Version: c1
Event: S Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) Time: 01/22/2020 - 2:54 PM Member: Committee: Education Version: __
Event: S CS by Education; YEAS 6 NAYS 2 -SJ 155 Time: 01/21/2020 - 4:27 PM Member: Committee: Education Version: __
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Education, 01/21/20, 2:30 pm, 412 Knott Building Time: 01/16/2020 - 4:14 PM Member: Committee: Education Version: __
Event: S Introduced -SJ 105 Time: 01/14/2020 - 11:02 AM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S Referred to Education; Appropriations Subcommittee on Education; Appropriations -SJ 105 Time: 01/13/2020 - 1:10 PM Member: Committee: Education Version: __
Event: S Filed Time: 01/06/2020 - 12:48 PM Member: Committee: Version: __