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HB2971Introduced in the House

CHARTER SCHOOL-FEES

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Introduced by Angelica Guerrero-Cuellar, District 22

What does this bill do?

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Official description

Amends the Charter Schools Article of the School Code. Provides that that for charter schools authorized by a local school district, administrative fees withheld from a charter school for the purpose of conducting administrative duties related to the administration of charter school contracts, oversight, and authorizing services shall be capped at 3% or less of the total annual public dollars allocated to the charter school. Provides that the 3% total administrative fee collected from a charter school shall include a 2% or less administrative fee collected by a local school district for the purpose of conducting administrative duties related to the administration of charter school contracts, oversight, and authorizing services and 1% to a statewide charter school membership association for the purpose of administering state mandated board governance training. Allows the State Board of Education to withhold up to a 3% administrative fee as the sole statewide charter school authorizer for the purpose of conducting administrative duties related to the administration of charter school contracts, oversight, and authorizing services. Requires that principal metric a district shall consider for a charter school renewal to be academic achievement. Provides that a local school district authorizer shall grant renewal terms of no fewer than 5 years upon renewal of a charter agreement if the charter's average annual summative designation over the term of the contract is in the top 3 summative designations on the State Report Card.

Where it stands

Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee

April 11, 2025

How did lawmakers vote?

HouseStage: House Elem Sec Ed: Adm., Lic. & Charter Committee · March 12, 2025

8

Yes

1

No

0

Absent or Not Voting

9 representatives recorded in this House vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.

What do people think?

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See how each representative voted

RepresentativeDistrictVote
Angelica Guerrero-Cuellar22Yes
Janet Yang Rohr41Yes
Anna Moeller43Yes
Bob Morgan58No
Daniel Didech59Yes
Joe Sosnowski69Yes
Nicole La Ha82Yes
Sue Scherer96Yes
David Friess115Yes

Bill history

  1. Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Angelica Guerrero-Cuellar

  2. First Reading

  3. Referred to Rules Committee

  4. Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter Schools

  5. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Angelica Guerrero-Cuellar

  6. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee

  7. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter Schools

  8. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter Schools; by Voice Vote

  9. Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter Schools; 008-001-000

  10. Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate

  11. Second Reading - Short Debate

  12. Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate

  13. Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee

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