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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the administration of Texas governor's schools. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 29.124, Education Code, is transferred |
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to Subchapter C, Chapter 61, Education Code, redesignated as |
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Section 61.07621, Education Code, and amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 61.07621 [29.124]. TEXAS GOVERNOR'S SCHOOLS. (a) [In
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this section, "public senior college or university" has the meaning
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assigned by Section 61.003.
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[(b)] A Texas governor's school is a summer residential |
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program for high-achieving high school students. A governor's |
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school program may include any or all of the following educational |
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curricula: |
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(1) mathematics and science; |
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(2) humanities; or |
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(3) leadership and public policy. |
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(b) [(c)] A public senior college or university may apply to |
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the board [commissioner] to administer a Texas governor's school |
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program under this section. The board [commissioner] shall give |
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preference to a public senior college or university that applies in |
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cooperation with a nonprofit association. The board [commissioner] |
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shall give additional preference if the nonprofit association |
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receives private foundation funds that may be used to finance the |
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program. |
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(c) [(d)] The board [commissioner] may approve an |
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application under this section only if the applicant: |
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(1) applies within the period and in the manner |
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required by rule adopted by the board [commissioner]; |
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(2) submits a program proposal that includes: |
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(A) a curriculum consistent with Subsection (a) |
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[(b)]; |
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(B) criteria for selecting students to |
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participate in the program; |
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(C) a statement of the length of the program, |
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which must be at least three weeks; and |
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(D) a statement of the location of the program; |
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(3) agrees to use a grant under this section only for |
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the purpose of administering a program; and |
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(4) satisfies any other requirements established by |
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rule adopted by the board [commissioner]. |
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(d) [(e)] From funds appropriated to the board [agency], |
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the board [commissioner] may make a grant in an amount not to exceed |
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$750,000 each year to public senior colleges or universities whose |
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applications are approved under this section to pay the costs of |
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administering a Texas governor's school program. |
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(e) [(f)] The board [commissioner] may adopt other rules |
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necessary to implement this section. |
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SECTION 2. (a) On the effective date of this Act: |
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(1) all functions, activities, rules, forms, money, |
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property, contracts, memoranda of understanding, records, and |
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obligations of the commissioner of education or the Texas Education |
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Agency relating to Texas governor's schools under Section 29.124, |
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Education Code, become functions, activities, rules, forms, money, |
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property, contracts, memoranda of understanding, records, and |
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obligations of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board under |
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Section 61.07621, Education Code, as added by this Act, without a |
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change in status; and |
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(2) all money appropriated to the Texas Education |
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Agency under Section 29.124, Education Code, including money for |
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providing administrative support, is considered appropriated to |
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the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board under Section |
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61.07621, Education Code, as added by this Act. |
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(b) A rule adopted by the commissioner of education under |
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Section 29.124, Education Code, is also a rule of the Texas Higher |
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Education Coordinating Board under Section 61.07621, Education |
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Code, as added by this Act, and remains in effect as a rule of the |
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coordinating board until repealed or superseded by a rule adopted |
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by the coordinating board. |
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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. |