By Olivo H.B. No. 2359
76R7280 ESH-F
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. Sections 7.024(b) and (d), Education Code, are
1-6 amended to read as follows:
1-7 (b) The commissioner may:
1-8 (1) make grants from the fund to eligible schools; and
1-9 (2) adopt necessary rules to effectively administer
1-10 the fund.
1-11 (d) A grant from the fund shall be made directly to the
1-12 school and may be used for the training and development of school
1-13 staff, parents, and community leaders in order that they understand
1-14 and implement the academic standards and practices necessary for
1-15 high academic achievement, appropriate strategies to deregulate and
1-16 restructure the school in order to improve student achievement, and
1-17 effective strategies to organize parents and community leaders into
1-18 a large, nonpartisan constituency that will hold the school and the
1-19 school district accountable for achieving high academic standards.
1-20 The [Not more than 25 percent of the] grant may be used to
1-21 implement strategies developed by the partners that are designed to
1-22 enrich or extend student learning experiences outside of the
1-23 regular school day.
1-24 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1999.
2-1 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
2-2 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-3 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-4 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-5 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.