79R2698 KKA-D
By: Madden H.B. No. 515
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to standards adopted by the commissioner of education for
adequacy of public school facilities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. 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.
SECTION 2. Section 42.352, Education Code, is repealed.
SECTION 3. 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.
SECTION 4. 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.