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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a teacher to student ratio requirement for public |
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school special education programs. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 25.111, Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 25.111. STUDENT/TEACHER RATIOS. (a) Except as |
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provided by Subsection (b) and Section 25.112, each school district |
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must employ a sufficient number of teachers certified under |
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Subchapter B, Chapter 21, to maintain an average ratio of not less |
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than one teacher for each 20 students in average daily attendance. |
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(b) For each student enrolled in a special education program |
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under Subchapter A, Chapter 29, a school district or |
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open-enrollment charter school must assign a teacher certified |
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under Subchapter B, Chapter 21, sufficient to maintain a ratio of |
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not less than one teacher for each three students who receive |
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special education services in a self-contained classroom or other |
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special education setting. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2017-2018 |
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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, 2017. |