| 1 | 1 | | H.B. No. 4435 |
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| 4 | 4 | | AN ACT |
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| 5 | 5 | | relating to the requirement for participation by certain principals |
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| 6 | 6 | | in the school leadership pilot program for principals. |
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| 7 | 7 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 8 | 8 | | SECTION 1. Section 11.203(d), Education Code, is amended to |
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| 9 | 9 | | read as follows: |
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| 10 | 10 | | (d) A principal who was employed as a principal at a campus |
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| 11 | 11 | | that was [of a campus] rated academically unacceptable during the |
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| 12 | 12 | | preceding school year [, as well as any person employed to replace |
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| 13 | 13 | | that principal,] shall participate in the program and complete the |
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| 14 | 14 | | program requirements not later than a date determined by the |
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| 15 | 15 | | commissioner. |
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| 16 | 16 | | SECTION 2. Section 11.203(d), Education Code, as amended by |
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| 17 | 17 | | this Act, applies only to a principal employed at a school that is |
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| 18 | 18 | | rated academically unacceptable during the 2008-2009 school year. |
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| 19 | 19 | | SECTION 3. It is the intent of the legislature that the |
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| 20 | 20 | | passage of H.B. No. 3, Acts of the 81st Legislature, Regular |
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| 21 | 21 | | Session, 2009, with any amendments to Section 11.203(d), Education |
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| 22 | 22 | | Code, and the amendments made by this Act shall be harmonized, if |
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| 23 | 23 | | possible, as provided by Section 311.025(b), Government Code, so |
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| 24 | 24 | | that effect may be given to each. If amendments made to Section |
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| 25 | 25 | | 11.203(d), Education Code, by H.B. No. 3, Acts of the 81st |
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| 26 | 26 | | Legislature, Regular Session, 2009, and the amendments to Section |
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| 27 | 27 | | 11.203(d), Education Code, made by this Act are irreconcilable, it |
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| 28 | 28 | | is the intent of the legislature that H.B. No. 3, Acts of the 81st |
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| 29 | 29 | | Legislature, Regular Session, 2009, prevail, regardless of the |
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| 30 | 30 | | relative dates of enactment of this Act and H.B. No. 3, Acts of the |
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| 31 | 31 | | 81st Legislature, Regular Session, 2009, but only to the extent |
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| 32 | 32 | | that any differences are irreconcilable. |
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| 33 | 33 | | SECTION 4. 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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| 38 | 38 | | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 39 | 39 | | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 40 | 40 | | I certify that H.B. No. 4435 was passed by the House on April |
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| 41 | 41 | | 29, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 100, Nays 40, 1 present, not |
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| 42 | 42 | | voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. |
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| 43 | 43 | | No. 4435 on May 29, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 123, Nays 21, |
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| 44 | 44 | | 1 present, not voting. |
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| 45 | 45 | | ______________________________ |
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| 46 | 46 | | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 47 | 47 | | I certify that H.B. No. 4435 was passed by the Senate, with |
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| 48 | 48 | | amendments, on May 27, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays |
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| 49 | 49 | | 0. |
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| 50 | 50 | | ______________________________ |
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| 51 | 51 | | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 52 | 52 | | APPROVED: __________________ |
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| 53 | 53 | | Date |
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| 54 | 54 | | __________________ |
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| 55 | 55 | | Governor |
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