79R3803 BDH-D

By:  Dutton                                                       H.B. No. 871



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the provision of and funding for Saturday classes for 
elementary school students who fail to pass certain assessment 
instruments.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 25, Education Code, is 
amended by adding Section 25.0812 to read as follows:
	Sec. 25.0812.  SATURDAY CLASSES FOR CERTAIN ELEMENTARY 
SCHOOL STUDENTS.  In addition to classes normally held by a school 
district, a district may hold classes on Saturdays during the 
regular school year for elementary school students who fail to 
perform satisfactorily on an assessment instrument administered 
under Sections 39.023(a), (b), and (l).
	SECTION 2.  Section 42.005, Education Code, is amended by 
adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:
	(a-1)  A school district is entitled to funding under this 
chapter for students in average daily attendance in a class 
described by Section 25.0812.  For purposes of this subsection, 
average daily attendance is the quotient of the sum of attendance 
for each day a program under that section is provided divided by the 
number of days the program is provided.
	SECTION 3.  This Act applies beginning with the 2005-2006 
school year.       
	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.