1-1 By: Johnson (Senate Sponsor - Haley) H.B. No. 2332
1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House May 5, 1993;
1-3 May 6, 1993, read first time and referred to Committee on
1-4 Education; May 20, 1993, reported favorably, as amended, by the
1-5 following vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 20, 1993, sent to printer.)
1-6 COMMITTEE VOTE
1-7 Yea Nay PNV Absent
1-8 Ratliff x
1-9 Haley x
1-10 Barrientos x
1-11 Bivins x
1-12 Harris of Tarrant x
1-13 Luna x
1-14 Montford x
1-15 Shapiro x
1-16 Sibley x
1-17 Turner x
1-18 Zaffirini x
1-19 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO. 1 By: Haley
1-20 Amend H.B. 2332 on Page 1, line 33, as follows:
1-21 After word "districts" insert "in each affected county in which a
1-22 school is located".
1-23 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-24 AN ACT
1-25 relating to the creation of special purpose public schools and
1-26 school districts.
1-27 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-28 SECTION 1. Section 11.28, Education Code, is amended by
1-29 amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (j) to read as
1-30 follows:
1-31 (a) On the recommendation of the commissioner of education
1-32 and after consulting with the local school districts involved and
1-33 obtaining the approval of a majority of those districts, the <The
1-34 power of the> State Board of Education may <to> create and
1-35 establish a special purpose public school or <independent> school
1-36 district for the education of students in special situations whose
1-37 educational needs are not adequately met by regular school
1-38 districts. The board may impose duties or limitations on the
1-39 school or district as necessary for the special purpose of the
1-40 school or district. The board <districts has been abolished, but
1-41 the State Board of Education> shall <continue to> exercise the
1-42 powers as provided in this section in relation to the schools and
1-43 districts created under the authority of this subsection and in
1-44 relation to those independent school districts which were created
1-45 by the board under its former authority to create independent
1-46 school districts.
1-47 (j) The independent or common school district that is
1-48 responsible for providing education services to a student who is
1-49 enrolled in a special purpose school or school district created
1-50 under Subsection (a) of this section shall share the cost of the
1-51 student's education in the manner provided under Section 21.507 of
1-52 this code for students enrolled in the Texas School for the Blind
1-53 and Visually Impaired or the Texas School for the Deaf unless the
1-54 State Board of Education finds that the student's education in a
1-55 particular special purpose school or school district should not be
1-56 the responsibility of the independent or common school district.
1-57 SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 1993-1994
1-58 school year.
1-59 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
1-60 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-61 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-62 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
1-63 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
1-64 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
1-65 passage, and it is so enacted.
1-66 * * * * *
1-67 Austin,
1-68 Texas
2-1 May 20, 1993
2-2 Hon. Bob Bullock
2-3 President of the Senate
2-4 Sir:
2-5 We, your Committee on Education to which was referred H.B. No.
2-6 2332, have had the same under consideration, and I am instructed to
2-7 report it back to the Senate with the recommendation that it do
2-8 pass, as amended, and be printed.
2-9 Ratliff,
2-10 Chairman
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2-12 WITNESSES
2-13 FOR AGAINST ON
2-14 ___________________________________________________________________
2-15 Name: Kevin O'Hanton x
2-16 Representing: Texas Education Agency
2-17 City: Austin
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2-19 Name: Pat Hanks x
2-20 Representing: Assoc. of Tex. Prof. Educator
2-21 City: Austin
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2-23 Name: James C. Bradford x
2-24 Representing: Bryan ISD
2-25 City: Bryan
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2-27 Name: Sarah Ashburn x
2-28 Representing: Bryan ISD
2-29 City: Bryan
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