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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to consideration of a student receiving treatment in a |
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residential treatment facility for public school accountability |
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purposes. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 39.055, Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 39.055. STUDENT ORDERED BY A JUVENILE COURT OR STUDENT |
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IN RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT FACILITY NOT CONSIDERED FOR |
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ACCOUNTABILITY PURPOSES. Notwithstanding any other provision of |
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this code except to the extent otherwise provided under Section |
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39.054(f), for purposes of determining the performance of a school |
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district or campus under this chapter, a student ordered by a |
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juvenile court into a residential program or facility operated by |
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or under contract with the Texas Juvenile Justice Department [Youth
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Commission, the Texas Juvenile Probation Commission], a juvenile |
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board, or any other governmental entity or any student who is |
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receiving treatment in a residential treatment facility is not |
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considered to be a student of the school district in which the |
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program or facility is physically located. The performance of such |
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a student on an assessment instrument or other student achievement |
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indicator adopted under Section 39.053 or reporting indicator |
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adopted under Section 39.301 shall be determined, reported, and |
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considered separately from the performance of students attending a |
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school of the district in which the program or facility is |
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physically located. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2013-2014 |
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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, 2013. |