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House Bill 1609 |
House Author: Crownover et al. |
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Effective: 9-1-07 |
Senate Sponsor: Shapleigh |
House Bill 1609 amends the Education Code to create a mandatory set-aside from funds appropriated for the compensatory education allotment to support Communities In Schools (CIS) programs in each school district. The bill eliminates the Department of Protective and Regulatory Services' role in supporting CIS programs; abolishes the office of state CIS director; transfers the director's duties to the commissioner of education; and expands those duties with respect to the establishment of state performance goals, objectives, and measures for the program and the adoption of policies concerning the Texas Education Agency's responsibilities and the use of state and federal funds for the program. The bill also allows the commissioner to withhold funding from a CIS program that consistently fails to achieve the performance goals, objectives, and measures established by the commissioner and to require the program to compete through a competitive bidding process for program funding.