| 1 | 1 | | 81R1096 EAH-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Watson S.B. No. 186 |
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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 eligible recipients of certain grants awarded by the |
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| 8 | 8 | | commissioner of education. |
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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. Section 29.917, Education Code, is amended by |
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| 11 | 11 | | adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (d) This section does not authorize the commissioner to |
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| 13 | 13 | | award a grant to an organization to provide a comprehensive |
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| 14 | 14 | | educational program to students that serves as a substitute for a |
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| 15 | 15 | | regular educational program provided by a school district or |
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| 16 | 16 | | open-enrollment charter school. This section authorizes the |
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| 17 | 17 | | commissioner to award a grant to an organization only for the |
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| 18 | 18 | | provision of supplemental programs described by Subsection (a). |
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| 19 | 19 | | SECTION 2. Section 39.361(c), Education Code, is amended to |
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| 20 | 20 | | read as follows: |
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| 21 | 21 | | (c) The commissioner of education or the commissioner of |
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| 22 | 22 | | higher education, as applicable, shall consider the council's |
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| 23 | 23 | | recommendations and based on those recommendations may award grants |
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| 24 | 24 | | to school districts, open-enrollment charter schools, institutions |
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| 25 | 25 | | of higher education, and regional education service centers[, and |
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| 26 | 26 | | nonprofit organizations] to meet the goals of the council's |
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| 27 | 27 | | strategic plan. |
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| 28 | 28 | | SECTION 3. Subchapter L, Chapter 39, Education Code, is |
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| 29 | 29 | | amended by adding Section 39.367 to read as follows: |
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| 30 | 30 | | Sec. 39.367. CERTAIN GRANTS TO NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS NOT |
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| 31 | 31 | | AUTHORIZED. This subchapter does not authorize the commissioner to |
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| 32 | 32 | | award a grant to a nonprofit organization to provide a |
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| 33 | 33 | | comprehensive educational program to students that serves as a |
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| 34 | 34 | | substitute for a regular educational program provided by a school |
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| 35 | 35 | | district or open-enrollment charter school. |
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| 36 | 36 | | SECTION 4. It is the intent of the legislature that the |
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| 37 | 37 | | grants that may not be awarded to an organization or nonprofit |
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| 38 | 38 | | organization under Sections 29.917(d) and 39.367, Education Code, |
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| 39 | 39 | | as added by this Act, include dropout recovery grants, such as the |
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| 40 | 40 | | grants awarded in 2008 in response to the Texas Education Agency's |
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| 41 | 41 | | Request for Applications (RFA) 701-08-116. |
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| 42 | 42 | | SECTION 5. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 43 | 43 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 44 | 44 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 45 | 45 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 46 | 46 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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