By: Staples S.B. No. 16
(In the Senate - Filed March 12, 2003; March 17, 2003, read
first time and referred to Committee on Education; March 27, 2003,
reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the
following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; March 27, 2003, sent to printer.)
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 16 By: Staples
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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) A district that provides a mentoring services program
using funds allocated under Section 42.152 must meet standards
adopted by the governor under the mentoring initiative established
by the governor.
(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 private 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.
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