| 1 | 1 | | 85R11534 MK-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Tinderholt H.B. No. 2709 |
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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 study conducted by the Texas Education Agency on the |
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| 8 | 8 | | financial costs of providing educational services to persons who |
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| 9 | 9 | | are not lawfully present in the United States. |
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| 10 | 10 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 11 | 11 | | SECTION 1. STUDY ON COST OF PROVIDING EDUCATIONAL SERVICES |
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| 12 | 12 | | TO PERSONS NOT LAWFULLY PRESENT IN THE UNITED STATES. The Texas |
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| 13 | 13 | | Education Agency shall conduct a study to determine the financial |
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| 14 | 14 | | costs incurred by the agency and by public school districts |
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| 15 | 15 | | statewide during the 2017-2018 school year as a result of providing |
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| 16 | 16 | | educational services to persons who are not lawfully present in the |
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| 17 | 17 | | United States. |
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| 18 | 18 | | SECTION 2. REPORT. Not later than December 1, 2018, the |
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| 19 | 19 | | agency shall deliver a report of the agency's findings to the |
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| 20 | 20 | | governor, lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of |
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| 21 | 21 | | representatives. The agency shall publish the report on the |
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| 22 | 22 | | agency's Internet website. |
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| 23 | 23 | | SECTION 3. EXPIRATION. This Act expires February 1, 2019. |
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| 24 | 24 | | SECTION 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect |
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| 25 | 25 | | immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members |
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| 26 | 26 | | elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas |
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| 27 | 27 | | Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for |
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| 28 | 28 | | immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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