| 1 | 1 | | 81R10754 CAS-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Olivo H.B. No. 2148 |
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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 compliance by a school district with requirements for a |
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| 8 | 8 | | disciplinary alternative education program. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 37.008, Education Code, is amended by |
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| 11 | 11 | | adding Subsections (o) and (o-1) to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (o) This subsection applies to a school district's |
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| 13 | 13 | | disciplinary alternative education program regardless of whether |
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| 14 | 14 | | the program is operated by the district, by an entity under contract |
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| 15 | 15 | | with the district, or, if the district is primarily responsible for |
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| 16 | 16 | | daily operations of the program, by a shared services arrangement. |
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| 17 | 17 | | The superintendent of a district annually shall provide to the |
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| 18 | 18 | | commissioner, in the time and manner established by commissioner |
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| 19 | 19 | | rule, written notice of, as applicable: |
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| 20 | 20 | | (1) the compliance by each district disciplinary |
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| 21 | 21 | | alternative education program with this section and with each rule |
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| 22 | 22 | | adopted under Subsection (a-1) or another provision of this |
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| 23 | 23 | | section; or |
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| 24 | 24 | | (2) any failure of a district disciplinary alternative |
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| 25 | 25 | | education program to comply with this section or a rule adopted |
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| 26 | 26 | | under this section. |
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| 27 | 27 | | (o-1) The written notice under Subsection (o)(2) must |
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| 28 | 28 | | specifically explain any failure of a district disciplinary |
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| 29 | 29 | | alternative education program to comply with this section or a rule |
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| 30 | 30 | | adopted under this section. |
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| 31 | 31 | | SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2009-2010 |
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| 32 | 32 | | school year. |
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| 33 | 33 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 34 | 34 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 35 | 35 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 36 | 36 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 37 | 37 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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