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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the authority of the boards of trustees of certain |
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school districts to close low-performing high school campuses. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 11, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 11.171 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 11.171. AGENCY APPROVAL REQUIRED FOR CERTAIN CAMPUS |
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CLOSURES. The board of trustees of a school district may not order |
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the closure of a district high school campus without first |
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obtaining the agency's approval of the closure. This section |
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applies only if: |
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(1) the district has an enrollment of at least 200,000 |
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students; and |
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(2) the campus that the board proposes to close is |
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considered academically unacceptable under Section 39.132. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |