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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the applicability of provisions of the Education Code |
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to certain disciplinary alternative education programs. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 37.008(c), Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(c) An off-campus disciplinary alternative education |
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program, including a disciplinary alternative education program |
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located at a school-community guidance center or a community-based |
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alternative school, is [not] subject to all requirements [a
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requirement] imposed by this title[, other than a limitation on
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liability, a reporting requirement, or a requirement imposed by
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this chapter or by Chapter 39]. |
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SECTION 2. Section 37.008(c), Education Code, as amended by |
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this Act, applies beginning with the 2007-2008 school year. |
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SECTION 3. 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. |