76R16816 BDH-F By Zaffirini S.B. No. 724 Substitute the following for S.B. No. 724: By Lengefeld C.S.S.B. No. 724 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to continuing education courses and programs for public 1-3 school educators. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Section 8.053, Education Code, is amended to read 1-6 as follows: 1-7 Sec. 8.053. ADDITIONAL SERVICES. In addition to the 1-8 services provided under Section 8.051 and the initiatives 1-9 implemented under Section 8.052, a regional education service 1-10 center may: 1-11 (1) offer any service requested and purchased by any 1-12 school district or campus in the state; and 1-13 (2) contract with a public or private entity for 1-14 services under this subchapter, including the provision of 1-15 continuing education courses and programs for educators. 1-16 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1999. 1-17 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 1-18 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-19 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-20 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 1-21 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.