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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to exemptions from certain statutory requirements for |
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certain school districts. |
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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 7.0565 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 7.0565. WAIVERS AND EXEMPTIONS REQUIRED. (a) |
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Notwithstanding Section 7.056(e), an independent school district |
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that holds its election for trustees on the same date as the general |
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election for state and county officers is exempt from complying |
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with a requirement relating to: |
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(1) elementary school class size as provided by |
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Section 25.112, subject to Subsection (b); |
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(2) the first day of instruction as provided by |
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Section 25.0811; |
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(3) the assessment process and professional growth |
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activities for principals as provided by Section 21.054(b); |
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(4) annual field testing of questions for assessment |
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instruments administered under Subchapter B, Chapter 39, subject to |
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Subsection (c); and |
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(5) the size of: |
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(A) a library as adopted under Section 33.021 or |
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other law; or |
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(B) a computer lab. |
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(b) A school district to which this section applies must |
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comply with the elementary school class size requirements of |
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Section 25.112 as determined on a campus-based or district-based |
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average of students per class. |
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(c) A school district to which this section applies must |
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comply once every three years with the requirements relating to |
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field testing of questions for assessment instruments administered |
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under Subchapter B, Chapter 39. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2007-2008 |
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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. |