81R2802 KKA-D
By: Shapleigh S.B. No. 335
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the requirement that matching funds be provided by
school districts and open-enrollment charter schools under the
educator excellence awards program.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 21.702, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:
(a-1) The commissioner may not:
(1) require a school district or open-enrollment
charter school to provide matching funds as a condition of
eligibility for receipt of a program grant; or
(2) give preference in awarding program grants to a
school district or open-enrollment charter school that volunteers
to provide matching funds.
SECTION 2. Section 21.702(a-1), Education Code, as added by
this Act, applies to each school district or open-enrollment
charter school receiving grant funds under Subchapter O, Chapter
21, Education Code, after the effective date of this Act,
regardless of the date on which the district or school initially
received grant funds. The commissioner of education may not
disqualify a school district or open-enrollment charter school from
eligibility for future grant funds or seek to recover allocated
grant funds from the district or school on the grounds that the
district or school ceased providing matching funds previously
agreed to be provided as a condition of eligibility for receiving
grant funds.
SECTION 3. 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.