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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to an agreement regarding the respective responsibilities |
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of a parent, student, and classroom teacher in certain school |
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districts. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 26, Education Code, is amended by adding |
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Section 26.015 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 26.015. AGREEMENT REGARDING RESPONSIBILITIES OF |
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PARENT, STUDENT, AND CLASSROOM TEACHER. (a) This section applies |
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only to a school district that: |
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(1) has a student enrollment of not more than 35,000; |
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(2) is located in a county that has a population of at |
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least 3.4 million; and |
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(3) borders one or more school districts, each of |
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which has a student enrollment of at least 40,000. |
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(b) A school district to which this section applies shall |
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adopt a written agreement form for each grade level that specifies |
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the responsibilities of a student's parent as well as the |
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respective responsibilities of the student and each of the |
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student's classroom teachers. The parent, the student, and a |
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school district designee shall sign the appropriate agreement at |
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the beginning of each school year. |
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(c) A student in prekindergarten, kindergarten, grade one, |
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grade two, or grade three is not required to sign the agreement |
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described by this section. |
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(d) A school district to which this section applies shall |
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determine the manner in which the agreement will be enforced, |
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including any fines or other penalties for an individual's refusal |
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to sign the agreement or satisfy the individual's responsibilities |
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under the agreement. |
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(e) This section expires June 1, 2013. |
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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. |