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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to classification of a prekindergarten or kindergarten |
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student who is retained at the request of the student's parent. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 29.081, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (d-1) to read as follows: |
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(d-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (d)(1), a student is not |
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considered a student at risk of dropping out of school if the |
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student did not advance from prekindergarten or kindergarten to the |
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next grade level only as the result of the request of the student's |
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parent. |
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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. |