76R12856 CAS-D
By Lengefeld H.B. No. 1850
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1850:
By Lengefeld C.S.H.B. No. 1850
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to eligibility for certain programs or services provided
1-3 by the Windham School District.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 19.005(a), Education Code, is amended to
1-6 read as follows:
1-7 (a) Any [Only a] person confined or imprisoned in the
1-8 department who is not a high school graduate is eligible for
1-9 programs or services under this chapter paid for with money from
1-10 the foundation school fund. To the extent space is available, the
1-11 district may also offer programs or services under this chapter
1-12 paid for with money from the foundation school fund to persons
1-13 confined or imprisoned in the department who are high school
1-14 graduates.
1-15 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1999.
1-16 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
1-17 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-18 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-19 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
1-20 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.