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1	1	81R13868 EAH-F
2	2	By: Patrick H.B. No. 2823
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to eligible recipients of certain grants awarded by the
8	8	commissioner of education.
9	9	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	10	SECTION 1. Section 29.917, Education Code, is amended by
11	11	amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (d) to read as
12	12	follows:
13	13	(a) From funds appropriated for the purpose, the
14	14	commissioner may award grants to organizations that provide
15	15	volunteers to teach classroom or after-school programs to students
16	16	enrolled in a school district or open-enrollment charter school to
17	17	enhance:
18	18	(1) college readiness;
19	19	(2) workforce readiness;
20	20	(3) dropout prevention; or
21	21	(4) personal financial literacy.
22	22	(d) This section does not authorize the commissioner to
23	23	award a grant to an organization to provide a comprehensive
24	24	educational program to students that serves as a substitute for a
25	25	regular educational program provided by a school district or
26	26	open-enrollment charter school. This section authorizes the
27	27	commissioner to award a grant to an organization only for the
28	28	provision of supplemental programs described by Subsection (a).
29	29	SECTION 2. Section 39.361(c), Education Code, is amended to
30	30	read as follows:
31	31	(c) To meet the goals of the council's strategic plan, the
32	32	[The] commissioner of education or the commissioner of higher
33	33	education, as applicable, shall consider the council's
34	34	recommendations and based on those recommendations may award grants
35	35	listed in Subsection (a) to school districts, open-enrollment
36	36	charter schools, institutions of higher education, regional
37	37	education service centers, and nonprofit organizations that
38	38	provide technical assistance, professional development,
39	39	case-managed student services, and programs for the benefit of
40	40	students enrolled in school districts or open-enrollment charter
41	41	schools [to meet the goals of the council's strategic plan].
42	42	SECTION 3. Subchapter L, Chapter 39, Education Code, is
43	43	amended by adding Section 39.367 to read as follows:
44	44	Sec. 39.367. CERTAIN GRANTS TO NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS NOT
45	45	AUTHORIZED. This subchapter does not authorize the commissioner to
46	46	award a grant to a nonprofit organization for services provided as a
47	47	private school or to a private school.
48	48	SECTION 4. It is the intent of the legislature that the
49	49	grants that may not be awarded to an organization or nonprofit
50	50	organization under Sections 29.917(d) and 39.367, Education Code,
51	51	as added by this Act, include dropout recovery grants, such as the
52	52	grants awarded in 2008 in response to the Texas Education Agency's
53	53	Request for Applications (RFA) 701-08-116.
54	54	SECTION 5. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
55	55	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
56	56	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
57	57	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
58	58	Act takes effect September 1, 2009.