81R10754 CAS-F
By: Olivo H.B. No. 2148
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to compliance by a school district with requirements for a
disciplinary alternative education program.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 37.008, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsections (o) and (o-1) to read as follows:
(o) This subsection applies to a school district's
disciplinary alternative education program regardless of whether
the program is operated by the district, by an entity under contract
with the district, or, if the district is primarily responsible for
daily operations of the program, by a shared services arrangement.
The superintendent of a district annually shall provide to the
commissioner, in the time and manner established by commissioner
rule, written notice of, as applicable:
(1) the compliance by each district disciplinary
alternative education program with this section and with each rule
adopted under Subsection (a-1) or another provision of this
section; or
(2) any failure of a district disciplinary alternative
education program to comply with this section or a rule adopted
under this section.
(o-1) The written notice under Subsection (o)(2) must
specifically explain any failure of a district disciplinary
alternative education program to comply with this section or a rule
adopted under this section.
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2009-2010
school year.
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, 2009.