Monitoring the Session

SB 590

bill giving the State Board of Education a charter veto

Died in committee

Verdict: No flags

No flagsInitial review
Sen. Royce WestDSenate 23

Initial review · graded Oct 20, 2026 · Headline, summary and grade are analysis of the bill text, not a finding about any person · How we grade

Caption

relating to the approval of a request for the revision of a charter for an open-enrollment charter school.

Caption from analyzed text · version I.

Summary

60 days to block a revision by majority vote.

The bill makes the education commissioner send every charter revision he plans to approve to the State Board of Education, which gets 60 days to block it by majority vote of members present and voting. It touches open-enrollment charter schools seeking changes or expansions, the commissioner, and the State Board. On the ground, charter changes face a new board veto, and the commissioner's deadline to answer expansion requests doubles from 60 to 120 days.

Labels

Labels: NEVER GOT A HEARING. Filed Dec 13, 2024 and referred to the Senate Education K-16 committee. No public hearing. The bill died.

Receipt

The receipt

89R-SB590 · 2024-12-13

SOLD BY

Sen. Royce WestDSenate 23

ITEM

relating to the approval of a request for the revision of a charter for an open-enrollment charter school.

WHAT IT DOES

60 days to block a revision by majority vote.

The bill makes the education commissioner send every charter revision he plans to approve to the State Board of Education, which gets 60 days to block it by majority vote of members present and voting. It touches open-enrollment charter schools seeking changes or expansions, the commissioner, and the State Board. On the ground, charter changes face a new board veto, and the commissioner's deadline to answer expansion requests doubles from 60 to 120 days.

CHARGES

[ ] NONE FOUND

TOTAL

No fiscal note in the loaded record.

HISTORY

  1. Received by the Secretary of the Senate
  2. Filed
  3. Read first time
  4. Referred to Education K-16
ALSO NOTED · NOT CHARGED (1)

CAPTION MISMATCH · analysis confidence 30%

THE TEXT

“Not later than the 120th [ 60th ] day after the date that a”…

Bill text, introduced version (I)

The caption speaks of approving charter revision requests generally but does not mention that the bill doubles the commissioner's deadline on expansion amendments. That is a real slowdown for charter expansion. Still, it plausibly falls under 'approval of a request for revision,' so this is a weak hit.

FILED UNDER

No verified beat found.

No flags

THANK YOU FOR CHECKING THE RECEIPT

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

Royce West

Donors

Skyview Development LLC$36KTexas Trial Lawyers Association PAC$20KErle Allen Nye Jr.$15,000

Not tied to this bill.

Sources

The author's campaign account only. Own money and internal transfers are separate on the member page.

Derived itemized flow · Jul 1, 2024 to Jun 30, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Skyview Development LLC$36,332.00

Skyview Development LLC

$36,332.00

Cash
$0.00
Paid by others
$36,332.00
Total
$36,332.00
Other filed descriptions $32,032.00fundraiser $4,300.00

Also funds 0 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 1, 2024 to Jun 1, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Name match, not a verified identity: normalized filed name and state.

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Jul 1, 2024 to Jun 1, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 100987569, 101009506, 101058878, 101063137.

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC$20,000.00

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC

$20,000.00

Cash
$20,000.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$20,000.00

Also funds 137 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 24, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Oct 11, 2024 to Oct 10, 2025. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 100987569, 101063137.

Erle Allen Nye Jr.$15,000.00
Money

Missing data does not establish zero giving. Display amounts are rounded.

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Skyview Development LLC

$36,332.00

Cash
$0.00
Paid by others
$36,332.00
Total
$36,332.00
Other filed descriptions $32,032.00fundraiser $4,300.00

Also funds 0 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 1, 2024 to Jun 1, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Name match, not a verified identity: normalized filed name and state.

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Jul 1, 2024 to Jun 1, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 100987569, 101009506, 101058878, 101063137.

×

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC

$20,000.00

Cash
$20,000.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$20,000.00

Also funds 137 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 24, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Oct 11, 2024 to Oct 10, 2025. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 100987569, 101063137.

Votes

No floor vote loaded for this bill.

Fiscal

No fiscal note in the loaded record.

How this was graded

Analysis of text version I by claude-opus-5-5, Oct 20, 2026, against the published rubric.

Sources

Texas Senate · Filed Dec 13, 2024

02/03/2025 S Referred to Education K-16

Texas Legislature Online · Introduced

Data snapshot Oct 26, 2026 at 4:20 AM CDT. Grades, charges, quotes and corrections follow the published record.

Senate committee · Education K-16 · Final status: Died in committee

Subjects

Education--Primary & Secondary--Charter Schools

EDUCATION, COMMISSIONER OF

EDUCATION, STATE BOARD OF

Text

The text as introduced · 258 words

89R1380 KJE-D

By: West
S.B. No. 590

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the approval of a request for the revision of a charter

for an open-enrollment charter school.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 12.114, Education Code, is amended by

adding Subsection (a-1) and amending Subsection (c) to read as

follows:

(a-1) The commissioner shall notify the State Board of

Education of each request for revision the commissioner proposes to

grant under this section. Unless, before the 60th day after the date

on which the board receives the notice from the commissioner, a

majority of the members of the board present and voting vote against

the revision of the charter, the commissioner's proposal to grant

the revision to the charter takes effect. The board may not

deliberate or vote on any revision to a charter that is not proposed

by the commissioner.

(c) Not later than the 120th [ 60th ] day after the date that a

charter holder submits to the commissioner a completed request for

approval for an expansion amendment, as defined by commissioner

rule, including a new school amendment, the commissioner shall

provide to the charter holder written notice of approval or

disapproval of the amendment.

SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to

a request for approval of a revision to the charter of an

open-enrollment charter school submitted on or after the effective

date of this Act.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.