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AN ACT
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relating to a study regarding the appropriate methods and standards |
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to evaluate certain students participating in regional day school |
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programs for the deaf. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. STUDY REGARDING METHODS AND STANDARDS TO |
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EVALUATE CERTAIN STUDENTS. (a) The Texas Education Agency shall |
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conduct a study regarding appropriate methods and standards to |
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evaluate the performance, separately from the performance of other |
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students attending the district or campus in which the program is |
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physically located, of a student who spends at least 50 percent of |
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the instructional day participating in a regional day school |
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program for the deaf under Subchapter D, Chapter 30, Education |
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Code, and whose parent or person standing in parental relation to |
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the student does not reside in the school district providing |
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program services. |
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(b) Not later than September 1, 2020, the Texas Education |
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Agency shall provide a report of the study required by Subsection |
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(a) of this section and any recommendations for legislative action |
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to each standing committee of the legislature having primary |
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jurisdiction over public education. |
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(c) This section expires September 1, 2021. |
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SECTION 2. IMPLEMENTATION. The Texas Education Agency is |
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required to implement a provision of this Act only if the |
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legislature appropriates money specifically for that purpose. If |
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the legislature does not appropriate money specifically for that |
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purpose, the Texas Education Agency may, but is not required to, |
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implement a provision of this Act using other appropriations |
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available for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect |
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immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members |
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elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas |
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Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for |
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immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 54 passed the Senate on |
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April 17, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 54 passed the House on |
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May 22, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 112, Nays 31, two |
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present not voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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Approved: |
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Governor |