HB 4481

relating to the applicability of laws regarding school crossing
guards to open-enrollment charter schools.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1.  Section 12.1058(a), Education Code, is amended
(a)  An open-enrollment charter school is considered to be:
(1)  a local government for purposes of Chapter 791,
(2)  a local government for purposes of Chapter 2259,
Government Code, except that an open-enrollment charter school may
not issue public securities as provided by Section 2259.031(b),
(3)  a political subdivision for purposes of Chapter
(4)  a local governmental entity for purposes of
Subchapter I, Chapter 271, Local Government Code;
(5)  a political subdivision for purposes of Section
180.008, Local Government Code;
(6)  a political subdivision for purposes of Section
16.061, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, with respect to any
property purchased, leased, constructed, renovated, or improved
with state funds under Section 12.128 of this code; [and]
(7)  a political subdivision for purposes of Section
(8)  a local authority for purposes of Subtitle C,
Title 7, Transportation Code, only when the school is designating
school crossing guards for campuses of the school.
SECTION 2.  This Act applies beginning with the 2025-2026
SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2025.