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By: Huffman |
S.B. No. 306 |
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(In the Senate - Filed January 31, 2013; February 5, 2013, |
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read first time and referred to Committee on Education; |
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February 25, 2013, reported adversely, with favorable Committee |
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Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0; |
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February 25, 2013, sent to printer.) |
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 306 |
By: Campbell |
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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 facility for public school accountability 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 FACILITY NOT CONSIDERED FOR ACCOUNTABILITY |
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PURPOSES. Notwithstanding any other provision of this code except |
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to the extent otherwise provided under Section 39.054(f), for |
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purposes of determining the performance of a school district, [or] |
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campus, or open-enrollment charter school under this chapter, a |
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student ordered by a juvenile court into a residential program or |
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facility operated by or under contract with the Texas Juvenile |
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Justice Department [Youth Commission, the Texas Juvenile Probation
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Commission], a juvenile board, or any other governmental entity or |
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any student who is receiving treatment in a residential facility is |
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not considered to be a student of the school district in which the |
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program or facility is physically located or of an open-enrollment |
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charter school, as applicable. The performance of such a student on |
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an assessment instrument or other student achievement indicator |
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adopted under Section 39.053 or reporting indicator adopted under |
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Section 39.301 shall be determined, reported, and considered |
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separately from the performance of students attending a school of |
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the district in which the program or facility is physically located |
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or an open-enrollment charter school, as applicable. |
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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. |
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