By Hernandez H.B. No. 1757 75R4099 CAS-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the use of certain awards under the Texas Advanced 1-3 Placement Incentive Program. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Section 28.053(b), Education Code, is amended to 1-6 read as follows: 1-7 (b) A teacher participating in the program may be awarded: 1-8 (1) subsidized teacher training, not to exceed $450 1-9 for each teacher, for: 1-10 (A) a college advanced placement course or 1-11 international baccalaureate course; or 1-12 (B) a high-school-level course necessary as 1-13 preparation for a college advanced placement course or 1-14 international baccalaureate course; 1-15 (2) a one-time award of $250 for teaching a college 1-16 advanced placement course or an international baccalaureate course 1-17 for the first time; and 1-18 (3) a share of the teacher bonus pool, which shall be 1-19 distributed by the teacher's school in shares proportional to the 1-20 number of courses taught. 1-21 SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 1997-1998 1-22 school year. 1-23 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 1-24 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-1 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-2 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-3 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended, 2-4 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its 2-5 passage, and it is so enacted.