76R13861 JSA-D By Garcia H.B. No. 2806 Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2806: By Goolsby C.S.H.B. No. 2806 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to establishing a mentoring program at the University of 1-3 North Texas. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 105, Education Code, is 1-6 amended by adding Section 105.51 to read as follows: 1-7 Sec. 105.51. MENTORING PROGRAM. (a) The board may 1-8 establish a mentoring program at the university. The program may 1-9 provide mentoring, tutoring, and other resources to students at all 1-10 levels of the educational system to assist students to: 1-11 (1) succeed in their education and achieve appropriate 1-12 educational goals; and 1-13 (2) prepare for the transition from being a student to 1-14 becoming an independent adult member of society. 1-15 (b) The program may recruit, train, coordinate, and support 1-16 mentors and tutors, and may provide other resources, to students in 1-17 the communities primarily served by the university who are students 1-18 at risk of dropping out of school, as defined by Section 29.081, or 1-19 who are otherwise in need of services to assist them in 1-20 successfully completing their education and becoming productive 1-21 members of the community. 1-22 (c) The board shall establish in connection with the program 1-23 a continuing study and evaluation of mentoring activities and 1-24 research into the best practices and methods of mentoring. 2-1 (d) Not later than January 1, 2001, and at other times 2-2 determined by the board, the board shall prepare a report relating 2-3 to the operation of the program. The report shall include: 2-4 (1) a description of the program; 2-5 (2) information relating to the students served by the 2-6 program; 2-7 (3) an analysis of the effects of the program on 2-8 student performance, including effects on drop-out rates, school 2-9 attendance, grades, performance on assessment tests, graduation 2-10 rates, and entry into higher education programs; 2-11 (4) the costs of the program and the sources of funds 2-12 used to support the program; and 2-13 (5) the board's recommendations for continuing the 2-14 program and for any changes in the law authorizing the program. 2-15 (e) The board may use available institutional funds, as 2-16 defined by Section 51.009, to support the program. The board may 2-17 solicit and accept gifts, grants, and donations from any public or 2-18 private source to support the program. 2-19 SECTION 2. This Act does not make an appropriation. This 2-20 Act does not require the board of regents of the University of 2-21 North Texas to establish a mentoring program under Section 105.51, 2-22 Education Code, as added by this Act, unless money is specifically 2-23 appropriated for that purpose. 2-24 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 2-25 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-26 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-27 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 3-1 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended, 3-2 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its 3-3 passage, and it is so enacted.