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                                                                  S.B. No. 16 




AN ACT

relating to mentoring services programs for at-risk students in 
public schools.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 29, Education Code, is 
amended by adding Section 29.089 to read as follows:
	Sec. 29.089.  MENTORING SERVICES PROGRAM.  (a)  Each school 
district may provide a mentoring services program to students at 
risk of dropping out of school, as defined by Section 29.081.
	(b)  The commissioner, in consultation with the governor, 
lieutenant governor, and speaker of the house of representatives, 
by rule shall determine accountability standards under this section 
for a school district providing a mentoring services program using 
funds allocated under Section 42.152.
	(c)  The board of trustees of the district shall obtain the 
consent of a student's parent or guardian before allowing the 
student to participate in the program.
	(d)  The board of trustees of the district may arrange for 
any public or nonprofit community-based organization to come to the 
district's schools and implement the program.
	SECTION 2.  Section 42.152, Education Code, is amended by 
adding Subsection (c-1) to read as follows:
	(c-1)  Notwithstanding Subsection (c), funds allocated under 
this section may be used to fund a district's mentoring services 
program under Section 29.089.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.                           

                                                                              




______________________________    ______________________________
President of the Senate             Speaker of the House
	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 16 passed the Senate on 
April 8, 2003, by a viva-voce vote; May 29, 2003, Senate refused to 
concur in House amendments and requested appointment of Conference 
Committee; May 30, 2003, House granted request of the Senate; 
June 1, 2003, Senate adopted Conference Committee Report by a 
viva-voce vote.




______________________________ 
   Secretary of the Senate             
	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 16 passed the House, with 
amendments, on May 26, 2003, by a non-record vote; May 30, 2003, 
House granted request of the Senate for appointment of Conference 
Committee; June 1, 2003, House adopted Conference Committee Report 
by a non-record vote.




______________________________ 
   Chief Clerk of the House            



Approved:


______________________________ 
           Date



______________________________ 
          Governor