| 1 | | - | H.B. No. 3932 |
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| 1 | + | By: Bernal, Guillen (Senate Sponsor - Menéndez) H.B. No. 3932 |
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| 2 | + | (In the Senate - Received from the House May 12, 2021; |
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| 3 | + | May 12, 2021, read first time and referred to Committee on |
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| 4 | + | Education; May 19, 2021, reported adversely, with favorable |
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| 5 | + | Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 11, Nays 0; |
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| 6 | + | May 19, 2021, sent to printer.) |
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| 7 | + | Click here to see the committee vote |
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| 8 | + | COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 3932 By: Menéndez |
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| 4 | 12 | | AN ACT |
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| 5 | 13 | | relating to the establishment of the State Advisory Council on |
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| 6 | 14 | | Educational Opportunity for Military Children. |
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| 7 | 15 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 8 | 16 | | SECTION 1. Section 162.001, Education Code, is amended by |
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| 9 | 17 | | adding Subdivision (3) to read as follows: |
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| 10 | 18 | | (3) "State Advisory Council" means the State Advisory |
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| 11 | 19 | | Council on Educational Opportunity for Military Children |
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| 12 | 20 | | established under Section 162.006. |
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| 13 | 21 | | SECTION 2. Chapter 162, Education Code, is amended by |
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| 14 | 22 | | adding Section 162.006 to read as follows: |
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| 15 | 23 | | Sec. 162.006. STATE ADVISORY COUNCIL AND COORDINATION. (a) |
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| 16 | 24 | | The compact commissioner, in coordination with the Texas Education |
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| 17 | 25 | | Agency, shall establish the State Advisory Council on Educational |
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| 18 | 26 | | Opportunity for Military Children to provide for coordination among |
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| 19 | 27 | | state agencies, school districts, and military installations |
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| 20 | 28 | | concerning the state's participation in and compliance with the |
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| 21 | 29 | | compact and compact activities, as required by Article VIII of the |
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| 22 | 30 | | compact. |
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| 23 | 31 | | (b) The State Advisory Council consists of: |
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| 24 | 32 | | (1) the commissioner of education or the |
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| 25 | 33 | | commissioner's designee; |
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| 26 | 34 | | (2) a superintendent of a school district with a high |
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| 27 | 35 | | concentration of military children designated by the agency; |
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| 28 | 36 | | (3) the governor or the governor's designee; |
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| 29 | 37 | | (4) the chair of the senate committee on education or |
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| 30 | 38 | | the chair's designee; |
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| 31 | 39 | | (5) the chair of the house of representatives |
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| 32 | 40 | | committee on public education or the chair's designee; |
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| 33 | 41 | | (6) a representative from each branch of the armed |
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| 34 | 42 | | services of the United States that maintains an installation in the |
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| 35 | 43 | | state, appointed by each respective branch; and |
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| 36 | 44 | | (7) representatives of other offices and stakeholder |
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| 37 | 45 | | groups the agency deems appropriate. |
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| 38 | 46 | | (c) Members of the State Advisory Council may delegate |
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| 39 | 47 | | voting authority to another person for a specified meeting or |
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| 40 | 48 | | meetings. |
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| 41 | 49 | | (d) Meetings of the State Advisory Council may be conducted |
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| 42 | 50 | | face-to-face or by telephone or other means of telecommunication or |
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| 43 | 51 | | electronic communication. |
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| 44 | 52 | | (e) The State Advisory Council shall: |
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| 45 | 53 | | (1) meet at least quarterly; and |
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| 46 | 54 | | (2) provide State Advisory Council meeting dates, |
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| 47 | 55 | | agendas, minutes, end-of-year reports, and other documentation as |
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| 48 | 56 | | required to the Military Interstate Children's Compact Commission. |
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| 49 | 57 | | (f) The State Advisory Council shall perform each function |
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| 50 | 58 | | or duty required or authorized under Article VIII of the compact. |
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| 51 | 59 | | (g) The State Advisory Council shall establish policies and |
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| 52 | 60 | | procedures governing the State Advisory Council's operations. |
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| 53 | 61 | | (h) The State Advisory Council is a governmental body for |
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| 54 | 62 | | purposes of Chapter 551, Government Code. |
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| 55 | 63 | | SECTION 3. Section 162.005, Education Code, is repealed. |
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| 56 | 64 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |
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| 57 | | - | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 58 | | - | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 59 | | - | I certify that H.B. No. 3932 was passed by the House on May |
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| 60 | | - | 11, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 111, Nays 32, 2 present, not |
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| 61 | | - | voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. |
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| 62 | | - | No. 3932 on May 28, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 117, Nays 27, |
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| 63 | | - | 1 present, not voting. |
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| 64 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 65 | | - | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 66 | | - | I certify that H.B. No. 3932 was passed by the Senate, with |
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| 67 | | - | amendments, on May 21, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays |
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| 68 | | - | 0. |
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| 69 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 70 | | - | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 71 | | - | APPROVED: __________________ |
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| 72 | | - | Date |
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| 73 | | - | __________________ |
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| 74 | | - | Governor |
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