87R16560 KJE-D     By: Dominguez H.B. No. 2391     Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2391:     By:  Dutton C.S.H.B. No. 2391       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the methods by which students may be admitted to public   schools and the disclosure of information regarding public school   admission methods.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 12.117, Education Code, is amended by   adding Subsections (a-1) and (b-1) to read as follows:          (a-1)  An open-enrollment charter school that fills   available positions by lottery under Subsection (a)(2)(A) may use a   weighted lottery that assigns weights to applicants so that an   applicant's probability of admission increases if the applicant is:                (1)  eligible to participate in a special education   program under Section 29.003;                (2)  a student of limited English proficiency, as   defined by Section 29.052; or                (3)  a student at risk of dropping out of school, as   defined by Section 29.081(d).          (b-1)  An open-enrollment charter school shall post in a   prominent and appropriate location on the school's public Internet   website notice of:                (1)  the method by which the school fills available   positions in the school, including whether the school uses:                      (A)  a lottery; or                      (B)  a weighted lottery; and                (2)  if the school fills available positions by   weighted lottery under Subsection (a-1), the weights assigned to   applicants under that subsection.          SECTION 2.  Section 12.1173(a), Education Code, is amended   to read as follows:          (a)  The commissioner by rule shall adopt a common admission   application form for use by an applicant for admission to an   open-enrollment charter school that provides for the submission of   information that the commissioner considers appropriate, including   information necessary for an open-enrollment charter school to   implement a weighted lottery under Section 12.117(a-1).          SECTION 3.  Section 25.001, Education Code, is amended by   adding Subsection (k) to read as follows:          (k)  If a school district elects to admit students not   described by Subsection (b) into the district's schools, the   district shall post in a prominent and appropriate location on the   district's public Internet website notice of:                (1)  the method by which the district admits those   students; and                (2)  if the district uses a weighted lottery to admit   those students, the weights assigned to applicants for the lottery,   including the weights assigned to an applicant who is:                      (A)  eligible to participate in the school's   special education program under Section 29.003;                      (B)  a student of limited English proficiency, as   defined by Section 29.052; or                      (C)  a student at risk of dropping out of school,   as defined by Section 29.081(d).          SECTION 4.  Section 12.117(a-1), Education Code, as added by   this Act, applies beginning with admissions for the 2022-2023   school year.          SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.