76R11739 ESH-F
By Olivo H.B. No. 2359
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2359:
By Olivo C.S.H.B. No. 2359
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the investment capital fund administered by the Texas
1-3 Education Agency.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 7.024(d), Education Code, is amended to
1-6 read as follows:
1-7 (d) A grant from the fund shall be made directly to the
1-8 school and may be used for the training and development of school
1-9 staff, parents, and community leaders in order that they understand
1-10 and implement the academic standards and practices necessary for
1-11 high academic achievement, appropriate strategies to deregulate and
1-12 restructure the school in order to improve student achievement, and
1-13 effective strategies to organize parents and community leaders into
1-14 a large, nonpartisan constituency that will hold the school and the
1-15 school district accountable for achieving high academic standards.
1-16 The [Not more than 25 percent of the] grant may be used to
1-17 implement strategies developed by the partners that are designed to
1-18 enrich or extend student learning experiences outside of the
1-19 regular school day.
1-20 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1999.
1-21 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
1-22 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-23 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-24 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-1 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.