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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a study by the Texas Education Agency regarding best |
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practices 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 B, Chapter 7, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 7.031 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 7.031. STUDY OF BEST PRACTICES FOR DROPOUT PREVENTION. |
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(a) The agency shall: |
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(1) study the best practices of campuses and school |
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districts in this state and other states regarding dropout |
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prevention programs; and |
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(2) prepare a report regarding the findings of the |
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study. |
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(b) The report under Subsection (a) must: |
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(1) identify any high-performing and highly efficient |
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dropout prevention programs; |
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(2) identify the dropout prevention programs under |
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Subdivision (1) that have the most potential for success in this |
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state; and |
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(3) recommend legislation or other actions necessary |
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to implement a dropout prevention program identified under |
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Subdivision (2). |
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(c) Not later than December 1, 2008, the agency shall |
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deliver the report produced under Subsection (a) to the governor, |
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the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of |
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representatives, and the presiding officers of the standing |
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committees of each house of the legislature with primary |
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jurisdiction over public education. |
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(d) This section expires January 1, 2009. |
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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. |