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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the use of certain funds by certain school districts and |
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open-enrollment charter schools for the development and |
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implementation of strategies for dropout prevention. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 29, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 29.916 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 29.916. DROPOUT PREVENTION STRATEGIES. |
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(a) Notwithstanding Sections 39.114 and 42.152, a school district |
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or open-enrollment charter school with a high dropout rate, as |
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determined by the commissioner, shall use 25 percent of the |
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school's high school allotment under Section 39.114 and 25 percent |
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of the school's compensatory education allotment under Section |
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42.152 for the development and implementation of research-based |
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strategies for dropout prevention, as approved by the commissioner. |
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(b) The commissioner shall adopt rules for the |
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administration and implementation of this section. |
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SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date |
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of this Act, the commissioner of education shall adopt rules as |
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required by Section 29.916, Education Code, as added by this Act. |
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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 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. |