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78R889 SLO-D

By:  Grusendorf                                                   H.B. No. 316



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the allotment of funds for programs for gifted and 
talented students.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 42.156(c), Education Code, is amended to 
read as follows:
	(c)  A school district must use an objective assessment to 
identify a student as gifted and talented.  The commissioner may 
adopt rules to guide school districts in the identification 
process.  [Not more than five percent of a district's students in 
average daily attendance are eligible for funding under this 
section.]
	SECTION 2.  Section 42.156(c), Education Code, as amended by 
this Act, applies beginning with the 2003-2004 school year.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this 
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 
Act takes effect September 1, 2003.