By Barrientos S.B. No. 194
74R2898 PB-F
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the operation and expansion of the Communities in
1-3 Schools program.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 216.021, Labor Code, is amended to read
1-6 as follows:
1-7 Sec. 216.021. DESIGNATION OF PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS.
1-8 (a) The state coordinator, in cooperation with the program
1-9 directors in the counties or cities in which a Communities in
1-10 Schools program is located, <was established on September 1, 1991,>
1-11 shall designate:
1-12 (1) not more than 244 campuses in counties or cities
1-13 that were participating in the program on September 1, 1993, for
1-14 continued funding for participation in the program; and
1-15 (2) not more than 135 additional campuses in
1-16 designated counties or cities for funding for participation in the
1-17 program <32 elementary schools and 76 secondary schools in those
1-18 counties to participate in the program>.
1-19 (b) The state coordinator shall designate six<, in
1-20 cooperation with the program directors in four> additional counties
1-21 or cities for participation <designated by the state coordinator,
1-22 shall designate additional elementary and secondary schools to
1-23 participate> in the Communities in Schools program.
1-24 <(c) The designation of secondary schools to participate in
2-1 the Communities in Schools program must be distributed among high
2-2 schools and junior high or middle schools.>
2-3 SECTION 2. Chapter 216, Labor Code, is amended by adding
2-4 Subchapter E to read as follows:
2-5 SUBCHAPTER E. BUSINESS FOUNDATION COUNCIL
2-6 Sec. 216.041. BUSINESS FOUNDATION COUNCIL. (a) The
2-7 business foundation council is established as a resource group for
2-8 the Communities in Schools program. The council is composed of 15
2-9 members appointed by the governor.
2-10 (b) Members of the council serve staggered six-year terms,
2-11 with the terms of five members expiring on February 1 of each
2-12 odd-numbered year.
2-13 (c) A member of the council is not entitled to compensation
2-14 for service on the council but is entitled to reimbursement for
2-15 actual and necessary expenses incurred in performing duties as a
2-16 council member, subject to any applicable limitation in the General
2-17 Appropriations Act.
2-18 (d) The members of the council shall elect one member to
2-19 serve as presiding officer for a term of four years.
2-20 (e) In the event of a vacancy on the council, the governor
2-21 shall appoint a member to fill the vacancy from names presented by
2-22 the council.
2-23 (f) Section 8, Chapter 398, Acts of the 73rd Legislature,
2-24 1993 (Article 6252-33, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), does not
2-25 apply to the council.
2-26 Sec. 216.042. COUNCIL DUTIES. The business foundation
2-27 council shall:
3-1 (1) provide strategic direction to the Communities in
3-2 Schools program;
3-3 (2) encourage partnerships between the public and
3-4 private sectors to assist in the accomplishment of the goals of the
3-5 Communities in Schools program;
3-6 (3) provide support for statewide fund-raising efforts
3-7 for the Communities in Schools program; and
3-8 (4) assist in the development of long-range planning
3-9 for the operation of the Communities in Schools program.
3-10 SECTION 3. Funding for the expansion of the Communities in
3-11 Schools program as provided by this Act shall be accomplished by
3-12 setting aside from funds allocated under Section 16.152, Education
3-13 Code:
3-14 (1) $18 million in the first year of the 1996-1997
3-15 state fiscal biennium; and
3-16 (2) $21.2 million in the second year of the 1996-1997
3-17 state fiscal biennium.
3-18 SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 1995.
3-19 SECTION 5. The importance of this legislation and the
3-20 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
3-21 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
3-22 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
3-23 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.