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79R5461 SLO-F

By:  Seliger, Van de Putte                                        S.B. No. 606



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to limits on the size of prekindergarten classes in public 
schools.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 25.112(a), Education Code, is amended to 
read as follows:
	(a)  Except as otherwise authorized by this section, a school 
district may not enroll more than 22 students in a prekindergarten,
kindergarten, first, second, third, or fourth grade class.  That 
limitation does not apply during:
		(1)  any 12-week period of the school year selected by 
the district, in the case of a district whose average daily 
attendance is adjusted under Section 42.005(c); or
		(2)  the last 12 weeks of any school year in the case of 
any other district.
	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.