| 1 | 1 | | 81R12468 CAE-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Maldonado H.B. No. 3523 |
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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 a legislative outreach program requiring members of the |
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| 8 | 8 | | State Board of Education to visit public schools. |
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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. Subchapter D, Chapter 7, Education Code, is |
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| 11 | 11 | | amended by adding Section 7.117 to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Sec. 7.117. BACK-TO-SCHOOL PROGRAM. (a) The board shall |
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| 13 | 13 | | establish a program under which members of the board visit public |
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| 14 | 14 | | schools in their districts. The board shall provide board members |
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| 15 | 15 | | with the resources necessary to enable each member to effectively |
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| 16 | 16 | | participate in the program. |
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| 17 | 17 | | (b) Under the program, each board member must visit at least |
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| 18 | 18 | | three public schools in the member's district during each school |
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| 19 | 19 | | year. To the extent practicable, during that period a board member |
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| 20 | 20 | | shall visit at least one public school in each accreditation status |
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| 21 | 21 | | recognized by the commissioner. Each visit must be planned in |
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| 22 | 22 | | advance with the participating school and must include one or more |
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| 23 | 23 | | opportunities for the board member to interact with students in |
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| 24 | 24 | | discussions or activities. |
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| 25 | 25 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 26 | 26 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 27 | 27 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 28 | 28 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 29 | 29 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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