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.