| 1 | 1 | | 81R5797 CAS-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Edwards H.B. No. 1085 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to an after-school pilot program offered by school |
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| 8 | 8 | | districts to middle and junior high school students and their |
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| 9 | 9 | | parents to prepare students for postsecondary education and |
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| 10 | 10 | | training. |
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| 11 | 11 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 12 | 12 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 29, Education Code, is |
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| 13 | 13 | | amended by adding Section 29.0981 to read as follows: |
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| 14 | 14 | | Sec. 29.0981. AFTER-SCHOOL PILOT PROGRAMS TO PREPARE MIDDLE |
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| 15 | 15 | | AND JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS FOR POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION AND |
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| 16 | 16 | | TRAINING. (a) In this section, "parent" includes a person standing |
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| 17 | 17 | | in parental relation. |
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| 18 | 18 | | (b) A school district may offer an after-school program to |
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| 19 | 19 | | provide instruction to: |
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| 20 | 20 | | (1) middle and junior high school students in the |
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| 21 | 21 | | curriculum and skills necessary to prepare students to graduate |
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| 22 | 22 | | from high school and: |
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| 23 | 23 | | (A) enroll in and succeed at postsecondary |
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| 24 | 24 | | educational institutions; or |
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| 25 | 25 | | (B) obtain and succeed at training required for |
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| 26 | 26 | | an occupation; and |
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| 27 | 27 | | (2) parents of students participating in the program |
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| 28 | 28 | | to enable the parents to assist the students in graduating from high |
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| 29 | 29 | | school and achieving postsecondary educational or training goals. |
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| 30 | 30 | | (c) Before providing a program under this section, the board |
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| 31 | 31 | | of trustees of a school district must adopt a policy for: |
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| 32 | 32 | | (1) determining student eligibility for participating |
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| 33 | 33 | | in the program that provides for considering teacher |
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| 34 | 34 | | recommendations in determining eligibility; |
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| 35 | 35 | | (2) ensuring that parents of eligible students are |
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| 36 | 36 | | provided notice of the program and of the opportunity for |
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| 37 | 37 | | participation in the program by students and parents; |
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| 38 | 38 | | (3) ensuring that eligible students and their parents |
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| 39 | 39 | | are encouraged to attend the program; |
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| 40 | 40 | | (4) ensuring that the program is offered at one or more |
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| 41 | 41 | | locations in the district that are easily accessible to eligible |
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| 42 | 42 | | students and their parents; and |
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| 43 | 43 | | (5) measuring student progress on completion of the |
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| 44 | 44 | | program. |
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| 45 | 45 | | (d) The commissioner by rule shall: |
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| 46 | 46 | | (1) prescribe a procedure that a school district must |
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| 47 | 47 | | follow to apply for and receive funding for a program under this |
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| 48 | 48 | | section; |
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| 49 | 49 | | (2) adopt guidelines for determining which districts |
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| 50 | 50 | | receive funding if there is not sufficient funding for each |
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| 51 | 51 | | district that applies; |
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| 52 | 52 | | (3) require each district providing a program to |
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| 53 | 53 | | report student performance results to the commissioner within the |
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| 54 | 54 | | period and in the manner prescribed by the rule; and |
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| 55 | 55 | | (4) based on district reports under Subdivision (3) |
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| 56 | 56 | | and any required analysis and verification of those reports, |
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| 57 | 57 | | disseminate to each district in this state information concerning |
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| 58 | 58 | | instructional methods that have proved successful in preparing |
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| 59 | 59 | | students to: |
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| 60 | 60 | | (A) enroll in and succeed at postsecondary |
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| 61 | 61 | | educational institutions; or |
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| 62 | 62 | | (B) obtain and succeed at training required for |
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| 63 | 63 | | an occupation. |
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| 64 | 64 | | (e) A program provided under this section shall be paid for |
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| 65 | 65 | | with funds appropriated for that purpose. |
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| 66 | 66 | | (f) Not later than December 1, 2018, the commissioner shall |
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| 67 | 67 | | submit to the governor, the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the |
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| 68 | 68 | | house of representatives, and the presiding officer of the standing |
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| 69 | 69 | | committee of each house of the legislature with primary |
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| 70 | 70 | | jurisdiction over public education a written report recommending |
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| 71 | 71 | | whether the program under this section should or should not be |
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| 72 | 72 | | continued and a detailed explanation of the basis for that |
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| 73 | 73 | | recommendation. |
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| 74 | 74 | | (g) The commissioner shall adopt rules as necessary to |
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| 75 | 75 | | administer this section. |
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| 76 | 76 | | (h) This section expires September 1, 2019. |
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| 77 | 77 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 78 | 78 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 79 | 79 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 80 | 80 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 81 | 81 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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