Relating to the misuse of money received for an open-enrollment charter school to support an out-of-state school.

Texas Senate Bill 285 prohibits open-enrollment charter schools from using state funds received under Section 12.106 to support schools located outside Texas. The bill specifically bans spending state funds on out-of-state schools, except for contracts covering goods or services directly related to the charter school's operations. Violations trigger penalties: the state commissioner must withhold three times the misused amount from future funding, and repeated violations exceeding $100,000 can lead to charter revocation. This directly affects Texas charter schools receiving state funding, ensuring public funds support only in-state education.