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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to sanctions that may be imposed under certain |
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circumstances on academically unacceptable public school campuses. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 39.1324(d), (e), and (f), Education |
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Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter, |
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if the commissioner determines that a campus subject to Subsection |
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(a) is not fully implementing the school improvement plan, the |
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commissioner may pursue alternative management of the campus under |
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Section 39.1327, [or may] order closure of the campus, or take other |
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action determined appropriate by the commissioner. |
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(e) If a campus is considered an academically unacceptable |
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campus for the subsequent school year after the campus is |
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reconstituted under this section, the commissioner shall review the |
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progress of the campus and may order closure of the campus, [or] |
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pursue alternative management under Section 39.1327, or take other |
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action determined appropriate by the commissioner. |
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(f) If a campus is considered academically unacceptable for |
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two consecutive school years after the campus is reconstituted |
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under Subsection (a), the commissioner may [shall] order closure of |
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the campus, [or] pursue alternative management under Section |
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39.1327, or take other action determined appropriate by the |
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commissioner. |
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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. |