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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to applicability of certain public school requirements to |
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private schools that accept students with vouchers, tax credit |
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scholarships, or certain other funding. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 29, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 29.919 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 29.919. PRIVATE SCHOOL EQUALIZATION. A private school |
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that accepts a student with a voucher, tax credit scholarship, or |
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any other funding that would otherwise have been part of the |
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foundation school fund is subject to: |
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(1) public school accountability under Subchapters B, |
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C, D, E, and J, Chapter 39, as if the private school were a public |
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school campus; and |
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(2) any requirement in Chapter 551 or 552, Government |
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Code, or another law that concerns open meetings or the |
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availability of information, that applies to a school district, the |
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board of trustees of a school district, or public school students. |
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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. |