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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to limits on the size of public school classes in |
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prekindergarten, kindergarten, and grades one through four. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 25.112(a) and (d), Education Code, are |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) Except as otherwise authorized by this section, a school |
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district may not enroll more than 22 students in a prekindergarten, |
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kindergarten, first, second, third, or fourth grade class. That |
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limitation does not apply during: |
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(1) any 12-week period of the school year selected by |
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the district, in the case of a district whose average daily |
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attendance is adjusted under Section 42.005(c); or |
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(2) the last 12 weeks of any school year in the case of |
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any other district. |
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(d) On application of a school district for a campus, the |
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commissioner may except the campus [district] from the limit in |
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Subsection (a) if the commissioner finds the limit works an undue |
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hardship on the campus [district]. An exception expires at the end |
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of the semester for which it is granted, and the commissioner may |
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not grant a campus an exception for: |
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(1) more than one semester at a time; or |
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(2) more than two semesters in a three-year period. |
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SECTION 2. Section 25.112, Education Code, as amended by |
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this Act, applies beginning with the 2009-2010 school year. For |
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purposes of Section 25.112(d), Education Code, as amended by this |
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Act, an exception granted to a campus under that subsection as it |
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existed before amendment by this Act for the 2007-2008 or 2008-2009 |
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school year is included in determining the eligibility of the |
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campus for an exception in the 2009-2010 or 2010-2011 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, 2009. |