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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the requirement that matching funds be provided by |
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school districts and open-enrollment charter schools under the |
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educator excellence awards program. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 21.702, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: |
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(a-1) The commissioner may not: |
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(1) require a school district or open-enrollment |
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charter school to provide matching funds as a condition of |
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eligibility for receipt of a program grant; or |
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(2) give preference in awarding program grants to a |
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school district or open-enrollment charter school that volunteers |
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to provide matching funds. |
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SECTION 2. Section 21.702(a-1), Education Code, as added by |
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this Act, applies to each school district or open-enrollment |
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charter school receiving grant funds under Subchapter O, Chapter |
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21, Education Code, after the effective date of this Act, |
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regardless of the date on which the district or school initially |
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received grant funds. The commissioner of education may not |
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disqualify a school district or open-enrollment charter school from |
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eligibility for future grant funds or seek to recover allocated |
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grant funds from the district or school on the grounds that the |
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district or school ceased providing matching funds previously |
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agreed to be provided as a condition of eligibility for receiving |
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grant funds. |
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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. |