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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to repeal on a periodic basis of the provisions of Titles 1 |
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and 2 of the Education Code to provide for legislative review of the |
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primary state statutes governing public education. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. (a) Effective September 1, 2013, Chapters 1, 4, |
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5, 7, 8, 11, 13, and 30, Education Code, are repealed. |
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(b) Effective September 1, 2015, Chapters 34, 41, 42, 43, |
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44, 45, and 46, Education Code, are repealed. |
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(c) Effective September 1, 2017, Chapters 12, 21, and 22, |
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Education Code, are repealed. |
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(d) Effective September 1, 2019, Chapters 18, 19, 25, 26, |
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28, 29, 30A, 31, 32, 33, 37, and 38, Education Code, are repealed. |
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(e) Effective September 1, 2021, Chapter 39, Education |
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Code, is repealed. |
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SECTION 2. (a) The purpose of the repeal of chapters of the |
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Education Code by Section 1 of this Act is to provide the |
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legislature with the opportunity to carefully review each |
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provision of Titles 1 and 2, Education Code, in order to determine: |
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(1) which individual provisions should: |
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(A) be saved from repeal during the regular |
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legislative session before the date repeal is to take effect; and |
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(B) remain unmodified as part of the code; |
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(2) which individual provisions should be saved from |
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repeal during the regular legislative session before the date |
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repeal is to take effect but should be amended to make the provision |
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or the public education system in this state more effective; and |
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(3) which individual provisions should be repealed in |
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accordance with Section 1 of this Act. |
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(b) The Texas Education Agency and the Legislative Budget |
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Board shall assist the legislature in reviewing and shall make |
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recommendations to the legislature concerning the provisions of |
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Titles 1 and 2, Education Code. |
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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, 2011. |