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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a requirement under the public school financial |
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accountability rating system that a school district spend a |
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specified percentage of district operating funds for instructional |
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purposes. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 39.202, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: |
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(c) The system may not include an indicator under Subsection |
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(b) or any other performance measure that: |
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(1) requires a school district to spend at least 65 |
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percent or any other specified percentage of district operating |
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funds for instructional purposes; or |
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(2) lowers the financial management performance |
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rating of a school district for failure to spend at least 65 percent |
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or any other specified percentage of district operating funds for |
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instructional purposes. |
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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. |