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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to placement of certain public school students in a |
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disciplinary alternative education program. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 37.006(l), Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(l) Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, other |
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than Section 37.007(e)(2), a student who is younger than seven |
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[six] years of age may not be removed from class and placed in a |
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disciplinary alternative education program. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2009-2010 |
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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, 2009. |