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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to grants to student clubs for dropout prevention. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 29.095(c), Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(c) The commissioner may award a grant in an amount not to |
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exceed $5,000 in a school year to a school district on behalf of a |
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student club at a district high school campus with a student |
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population at least 50 percent of which are students at risk of |
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dropping out of school [that is eligible under the criteria
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established under Section 39.408]. To be eligible for a grant, the |
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student club and the club's sponsor must be sanctioned by the campus |
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and district. A grant awarded under this program must be matched by |
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other federal, state, or local funds, including donations, in an |
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amount equal to the amount of the grant. A district shall seek |
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donations or sponsorships from local businesses or community |
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organizations to raise the matching funds. The commissioner may |
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award a grant on behalf of more than one student club at a campus in |
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the same school year. |
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SECTION 2. Section 39.408, Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 39.408. ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR CERTAIN GRANT |
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PROGRAMS. A school district or campus is eligible to participate in |
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programs under Sections 21.4541, [29.095,] 29.096, 29.097, and |
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29.098 if the district or campus exhibited during each of the three |
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preceding school years characteristics that strongly correlate |
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with high dropout rates. |
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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. |