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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a maximum class size for certain public school students |
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who perform poorly on an assessment instrument. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 25.112(a), Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) Except as otherwise authorized by this section and |
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except as provided by Section 25.114, a school district may not |
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enroll more than 22 students in a kindergarten, first, second, |
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third, or fourth grade class. That limitation does not apply |
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during: |
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(1) any 12-week period of the school year selected by |
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the district, in the case of a district whose average daily |
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attendance is adjusted under Section 42.005(c); or |
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(2) the last 12 weeks of any school year in the case of |
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any other district. |
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SECTION 2. Subchapter D, Chapter 25, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 25.114 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 25.114. MAXIMUM CLASS SIZE FOR CERTAIN ELEMENTARY |
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SCHOOL STUDENTS. If a student in the third, fourth, or fifth grade |
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at a campus does not perform satisfactorily on an assessment |
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instrument administered under Section 39.023(a), that campus may |
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not enroll the student in a class with more than nine other students |
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until the student completes the sixth grade. |
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SECTION 3. This Act applies beginning with the 2008-2009 |
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school year. |
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SECTION 4. 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. |