By Hinojosa H.B. No. 2296 77R7043 ESH-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the establishment of high schools for the study of 1-3 advanced technology by certain school districts. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 29, Education Code, is 1-6 amended by adding Section 29.187 to read as follows: 1-7 Sec. 29.187. ESTABLISHMENT OF SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY IN 1-8 CERTAIN SCHOOL DISTRICTS. (a) This section applies only to a 1-9 school district whose territory: 1-10 (1) overlaps more than one other school district; and 1-11 (2) is located in more than one county. 1-12 (b) A school district to which this section applies shall 1-13 establish a high school for the study of advanced technology in a 1-14 municipality with a population of more than 25,000 that has a 1-15 campus of The University of Texas System that has a college of 1-16 science and engineering. A high school established under this 1-17 section must prepare students for: 1-18 (1) employment in a career related to advanced 1-19 technology; and 1-20 (2) continued study in a degree program in science, 1-21 engineering, or another field related to advanced technology at an 1-22 institution of higher education. 1-23 (c) A school district to which this section applies must 1-24 permit students who do not reside in the district to attend a high 2-1 school established under this section. The school district in 2-2 which the student resides shall pay tuition for the student as 2-3 provided by Section 25.038. 2-4 (d) A school district to which this section applies shall 2-5 issue bonds to permit the district to: 2-6 (1) design and develop a plan to implement a high 2-7 school for the study of advanced technology in partnership with a 2-8 campus of The University of Texas System that has a college of 2-9 science and engineering; 2-10 (2) construct and equip the high school; and 2-11 (3) purchase a site for the high school that is 2-12 located near a campus of The University of Texas System that has a 2-13 college of science and engineering. 2-14 SECTION 2. Not later than September 1, 2003, a school 2-15 district to which Section 29.187, Education Code, as added by this 2-16 Act, applies shall begin construction of a high school for the 2-17 study of advanced technology as required by that section. 2-18 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.