82R8757 EAH-D
By: Martinez Fischer H.B. No. 2748
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to grants to student clubs for dropout prevention.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 29.095(c), Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(c) The commissioner may award a grant in an amount not to
exceed $5,000 in a school year to a school district on behalf of a
student club at a district high school campus with a student
population at least 50 percent of which are students at risk of
dropping out of school [that is eligible under the criteria
established under Section 39.408]. To be eligible for a grant, the
student club and the club's sponsor must be sanctioned by the campus
and district. A grant awarded under this program must be matched by
other federal, state, or local funds, including donations, in an
amount equal to the amount of the grant. A district shall seek
donations or sponsorships from local businesses or community
organizations to raise the matching funds. The commissioner may
award a grant on behalf of more than one student club at a campus in
the same school year.
SECTION 2. Section 39.408, Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 39.408. ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR CERTAIN GRANT
PROGRAMS. A school district or campus is eligible to participate in
programs under Sections 21.4541, [29.095,] 29.096, 29.097, and
29.098 if the district or campus exhibited during each of the three
preceding school years characteristics that strongly correlate
with high dropout rates.
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, 2011.