| 1 | 1 | | By: Huffman S.B. No. 306 |
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| 2 | 2 | | (Sheffield of Bell) |
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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 consideration of a student receiving treatment in a |
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| 8 | 8 | | residential facility for public school accountability purposes. |
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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 39.055, Education Code, is amended to |
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| 11 | 11 | | read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Sec. 39.055. STUDENT ORDERED BY A JUVENILE COURT OR STUDENT |
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| 13 | 13 | | IN RESIDENTIAL FACILITY NOT CONSIDERED FOR ACCOUNTABILITY |
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| 14 | 14 | | PURPOSES. Notwithstanding any other provision of this code except |
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| 15 | 15 | | to the extent otherwise provided under Section 39.054(f), for |
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| 16 | 16 | | purposes of determining the performance of a school district, [or] |
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| 17 | 17 | | campus, or open-enrollment charter school under this chapter, a |
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| 18 | 18 | | student ordered by a juvenile court into a residential program or |
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| 19 | 19 | | facility operated by or under contract with the Texas Juvenile |
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| 20 | 20 | | Justice Department [Youth Commission, the Texas Juvenile Probation |
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| 21 | 21 | | Commission], a juvenile board, or any other governmental entity or |
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| 22 | 22 | | any student who is receiving treatment in a residential facility is |
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| 23 | 23 | | not considered to be a student of the school district in which the |
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| 24 | 24 | | program or facility is physically located or of an open-enrollment |
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| 25 | 25 | | charter school, as applicable. The performance of such a student on |
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| 26 | 26 | | an assessment instrument or other student achievement indicator |
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| 27 | 27 | | adopted under Section 39.053 or reporting indicator adopted under |
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| 28 | 28 | | Section 39.301 shall be determined, reported, and considered |
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| 29 | 29 | | separately from the performance of students attending a school of |
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| 30 | 30 | | the district in which the program or facility is physically located |
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| 31 | 31 | | or an open-enrollment charter school, as applicable. |
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| 32 | 32 | | SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2013-2014 |
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| 33 | 33 | | school year. |
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| 34 | 34 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 35 | 35 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 36 | 36 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 37 | 37 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 38 | 38 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |
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