By Lindsay S.B. No. 189
77R1163 KKA-F
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the authority of a juvenile justice alternative
1-3 education program to obtain a waiver regarding required days of
1-4 operation.
1-5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-6 SECTION 1. Section 37.011(f), Education Code, is amended to
1-7 read as follows:
1-8 (f) A juvenile justice alternative education program must
1-9 operate at least[:]
1-10 [(1)] seven hours per day[;] and
1-11 [(2)] 180 days per year, except that a program may
1-12 apply to the commissioner for a waiver of the 180-day requirement
1-13 in the same manner that a school district is authorized by law to
1-14 seek a waiver of a comparable requirement.
1-15 SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2001-2002
1-16 school year.
1-17 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-18 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-19 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
1-20 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-21 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.