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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to compliance by a school district with requirements for 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 37.008, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsections (o) and (o-1) to read as follows: |
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(o) This subsection applies to a school district's |
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disciplinary alternative education program regardless of whether |
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the program is operated by the district, by an entity under contract |
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with the district, or, if the district is primarily responsible for |
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daily operations of the program, by a shared services arrangement. |
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The superintendent of a district annually shall provide to the |
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commissioner, in the time and manner established by commissioner |
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rule, written notice of, as applicable: |
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(1) the compliance by each district disciplinary |
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alternative education program with this section and with each rule |
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adopted under Subsection (a-1) or another provision of this |
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section; or |
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(2) any failure of a district disciplinary alternative |
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education program to comply with this section or a rule adopted |
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under this section. |
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(o-1) The written notice under Subsection (o)(2) must |
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specifically explain any failure of a district disciplinary |
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alternative education program to comply with this section or a rule |
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adopted under this section. |
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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. |