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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the imposition of sanctions by the commissioner of |
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education on certain school districts that fail to comply with |
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certain commitments and covenants. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 7, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 7.061 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 7.061. AUTHORITY OF COMMISSIONER TO SANCTION CERTAIN |
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SCHOOL DISTRICTS. (a) This section applies only to a school |
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district that: |
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(1) has a student enrollment of at least 150,000; |
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(2) is located in a county with a population of at |
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least two million; and |
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(3) has adopted a declaration of commitments and |
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covenants on release from supervision of a United States district |
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court by a final court order. |
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(b) The commissioner may impose a sanction, including a |
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monetary sanction, on a school district if the commissioner |
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determines the district is not in compliance with the declaration |
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described by Subsection (a)(3). |
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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. |