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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to transportation of public school students placed in a |
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juvenile justice alternative education program. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 37.011, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (e-1) to read as follows: |
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(e-1) A school district may contract with a juvenile board |
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to provide transportation services for students placed in a |
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juvenile justice alternative education program, including students |
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who are expelled under Sections 37.007(b), (c), and (f). |
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SECTION 2. Section 42.155, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (d-1) to read as follows: |
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(d-1) A district or county operating a regular |
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transportation system that provides transportation for students |
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placed in a juvenile justice alternative education program is |
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entitled to receive the allotment described by Subsection (c) for |
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each student placed in the program and transported by the district |
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or county, regardless of the basis on which each student was placed |
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in the program. The commissioner shall adopt rules necessary to |
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implement this subsection. |
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SECTION 3. This Act applies beginning with the 2007-2008 |
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school year. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |