Bill > HB5294

This bill relates to a proposition for certain school districts to be prohibited from imposing an ad valorem (property) tax and to be operated and funded in the same manner as an open-enrollment charter school. Specifically, the bill requires the board of directors of a school district operating under the former Chapter 26 of the Education Code (as it existed on May 1, 1995) to order an election by November 1, 2023, on the question of prohibiting the district from imposing an ad valorem tax and providing for the district to be operated and funded like an open-enrollment charter school. If the proposition is approved by a majority of voters, the district would be prohibited from imposing an ad valorem tax and would transition, in coordination with the state education agency, to being operated and funded in the same manner as an open-enrollment charter school. The bill takes effect on September 1, 2023.

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