Floor Packet Page No. 301
Amend CSHB 2 by adding the following appropriately numbered
SECTION and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS accordingly:
SECTION ___. (a) Section 46.008, Education Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 46.008. STANDARDS. The commissioner shall establish
standards for adequacy of school facilities. The standards must
include requirements related to [space,] educational adequacy[,]
and construction quality. The standards may not include
requirements related to space or square footage for a facility or
any part of a facility. All new facilities [constructed after
September 1, 1998,] must meet the standards to be eligible to be
financed with state or local tax funds.
(b) Section 42.352, Education Code, is repealed.
(c) A public school facility whose construction begins on or
after the effective date of this Act is not required to meet
requirements related to space established by the commissioner of
education under Section 46.008, Education Code, as that provision
existed before amendment by this Act.