| 1 | 1 | | 83R385 CAS-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Guillen, Marquez H.B. No. 234 |
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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 the optional flexible school day program provided by |
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| 8 | 8 | | school districts. |
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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 29.0822(a), Education Code, is amended |
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| 11 | 11 | | to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (a) Notwithstanding Section 25.081 or 25.082, a school |
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| 13 | 13 | | district may apply to the commissioner to provide a flexible school |
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| 14 | 14 | | day program for [students who]: |
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| 15 | 15 | | (1) students who have dropped out of school or are at |
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| 16 | 16 | | risk of dropping out of school as defined by Section 29.081; |
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| 17 | 17 | | (2) students who attend a campus that is implementing |
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| 18 | 18 | | an innovative redesign of the campus or an early college high school |
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| 19 | 19 | | under a plan approved by the commissioner; [or] |
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| 20 | 20 | | (3) students who, as a result of attendance |
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| 21 | 21 | | requirements under Section 25.092, will be denied credit for one or |
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| 22 | 22 | | more classes in which the students have been enrolled; or |
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| 23 | 23 | | (4) a campus or campuses that would benefit from the |
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| 24 | 24 | | program. |
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| 25 | 25 | | SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2013-2014 |
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| 26 | 26 | | school year. |
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| 27 | 27 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 28 | 28 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 29 | 29 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 30 | 30 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 31 | 31 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |
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