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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the evaluation of and funding for school district |
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programs for gifted and talented students. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 29, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 29.124 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 29.124. EVALUATION STANDARDS. (a) The commissioner |
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shall adopt standards for the evaluation of programs for gifted and |
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talented students. |
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(b) A school district is not subject to the limitation under |
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Section 42.156(c) if the district receives a satisfactory rating |
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under the standards adopted under Subsection (a) and operates a |
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program for gifted and talented students in accordance with: |
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(1) the Texas Performance Standards Project; or |
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(2) another program approved by the commissioner that |
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meets the requirements of the state plan developed under Section |
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29.123. |
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(c) If a school district described by Subsection (b) |
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subsequently fails to receive a satisfactory rating under the |
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standards adopted under Subsection (a) for two consecutive school |
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years, the district resumes being subject to the limitation under |
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Section 42.156(c) until the school year following the school year |
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in which the district receives a new satisfactory rating. |
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SECTION 2. Section 42.156(c), Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(c) Except as provided by Section 29.124, not [Not] more |
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than five percent of a district's students in average daily |
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attendance are eligible for funding under this section. |
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SECTION 3. Not later than January 1, 2010, the commissioner |
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of education shall adopt standards required by Section 29.124, |
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Education Code, as added by this Act. |
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SECTION 4. This Act applies beginning with the 2010-2011 |
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school year. |
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SECTION 5. 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. |