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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a public school student's eligibility for a public |
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education grant to attend another public school. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 29.202(a), Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) A student is eligible to receive a public education |
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grant or to attend another public school in the district in which |
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the student resides under this subchapter if the student is |
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assigned to attend a public school campus: |
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(1) at which 50 percent or more of the students did not |
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perform satisfactorily on an assessment instrument administered |
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under Section 39.023(a) or (c) in any two of the preceding three |
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years; or |
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(2) that[, at any time] in either of the preceding two |
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years, was assigned a rating of unacceptable performance [three
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years, failed to satisfy any standard] under Section 39.054 |
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[39.054(d)]. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies |
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beginning with the 2011-2012 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, 2011. |