81R667 CAE-D
By: Dutton H.B. No. 307
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the provision of and funding for Saturday classes for
elementary school students who fail to pass certain assessment
instruments.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 25, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 25.0812 to read as follows:
Sec. 25.0812. SATURDAY CLASSES FOR CERTAIN ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL STUDENTS. In addition to classes normally held by a school
district, a district may hold classes on Saturdays during the
regular school year for elementary school students who fail to
perform satisfactorily on an assessment instrument administered
under Section 39.023(a), (b), or (l).
SECTION 2. Section 42.005, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:
(a-1) A school district is entitled to funding under this
chapter for students in average daily attendance in a class
described by Section 25.0812. For purposes of this subsection,
average daily attendance is the quotient of the sum of attendance
for each day a program under that section is provided divided by the
number of days the program is provided.
SECTION 3. This Act applies beginning with the 2009-2010
school year.
SECTION 4. 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.