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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to size limitations for certain physical education classes |
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in public schools. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 25.112(a) and (d), Education Code, are |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) Except as otherwise authorized by this section, a school |
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district may not enroll more than 22 students in a kindergarten, |
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first, second, third, or fourth grade class, including a physical |
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education class. That limitation does not apply during: |
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(1) any 12-week period of the school year selected by |
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the district, in the case of a district whose average daily |
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attendance is adjusted under Section 42.005(c); or |
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(2) the last 12 weeks of any school year in the case of |
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any other district. |
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(d) On application of a school district, the commissioner |
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may, for any class other than a physical education class, except the |
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district from the limit in Subsection (a) if the commissioner finds |
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the limit works an undue hardship on the district. An exception |
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expires at the end of the semester for which it is granted, and the |
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commissioner may not grant an exception for[:
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[(1)] more than one semester at a time. |
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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. |