| 1 | 1 | | 85R9729 CAE-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Uresti H.B. No. 2296 |
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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 a teacher to student ratio requirement for public |
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| 8 | 8 | | school special education programs. |
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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 25.111, Education Code, is amended to |
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| 11 | 11 | | read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Sec. 25.111. STUDENT/TEACHER RATIOS. (a) Except as |
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| 13 | 13 | | provided by Subsection (b) and Section 25.112, each school district |
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| 14 | 14 | | must employ a sufficient number of teachers certified under |
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| 15 | 15 | | Subchapter B, Chapter 21, to maintain an average ratio of not less |
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| 16 | 16 | | than one teacher for each 20 students in average daily attendance. |
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| 17 | 17 | | (b) For each student enrolled in a special education program |
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| 18 | 18 | | under Subchapter A, Chapter 29, a school district or |
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| 19 | 19 | | open-enrollment charter school must assign a teacher certified |
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| 20 | 20 | | under Subchapter B, Chapter 21, sufficient to maintain a ratio of |
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| 21 | 21 | | not less than one teacher for each three students who receive |
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| 22 | 22 | | special education services in a self-contained classroom or other |
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| 23 | 23 | | special education setting. |
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| 24 | 24 | | SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2017-2018 |
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| 25 | 25 | | school year. |
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| 26 | 26 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 27 | 27 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 28 | 28 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 29 | 29 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 30 | 30 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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