79R2085 SLO-D
By: Dutton H.B. No. 465
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the use of the special education allotment to fund
Saturday classes for certain students.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 42.151, Education Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (h) and adding Subsection (m) to read as
follows:
(h) Except as provided by Subsection (m), funds [Funds]
allocated under this section, other than an indirect cost allotment
established under State Board of Education rule, must be used in the
special education program under Subchapter A, Chapter 29.
(m) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a school
district may use funds allocated under this section to provide
Saturday classes for third grade students who fail to perform
satisfactorily on an assessment instrument administered under
Section 39.023.
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2005-2006
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, 2005.