86R9026 TSS-D
By: Wray H.B. No. 2211
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to certain counties that are required to operate a
juvenile justice alternative education program.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 37.011(a-2), Education Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(a-2) Notwithstanding Subsection (a-1), for [For] purposes
of this section and Section 37.010(a), a county [with a population
greater than 125,000] is considered to be a county with a population
greater than [of] 125,000 [or less] if the county:
(1) has a population greater than 125,000 and less
than [of] 180,000 [or less];
(2) is adjacent to two counties, each of which has a
population of more than 1.7 million; and
(3) has seven or more school districts located wholly
within the county's boundaries.
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2019-2020
school year.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2019.