S.B. No. 377
AN ACT
relating to the determination of certain exemptions from the
administration of state assessment instruments to public school
students.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 39.027, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (a-2) to read as follows:
(a-2) Unless a student is enrolled in a school in the United
States for a period of at least 60 consecutive days during a year,
the student may not be considered to be enrolled in a school in the
United States for that year for the purpose of determining a number
of years under Subsection (a)(1), (2), or (3).
SECTION 2. Subsection (a-2), Section 39.027, Education
Code, as added by this Act, applies to a student regardless of the
date on which the student initially enrolled in a school in the
United States.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 377 passed the Senate on
May 1, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that the
Senate concurred in House amendment on May 16, 2013, by the
following vote: Yeas 29, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 377 passed the House, with
amendment, on May 10, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 135,
Nays 1, two present not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
Approved:
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Date
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Governor