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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the required number of minutes of instructional time to |
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be provided by a juvenile justice alternative education program. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 37.011(f), Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(f) A juvenile justice alternative education program must |
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provide [operate] at least 43,200 minutes of instructional time |
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[seven hours per day and 180 days] per year, except that a program |
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may apply to the Texas Juvenile Justice Department for a waiver of |
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the instructional time [180-day] requirement. The department may |
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not grant a waiver to a program under this subsection for a number |
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of minutes [days] that exceeds the highest number of instructional |
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minutes [days] waived by the commissioner during the same school |
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year for any [a] school district served by the program. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2023-2024 |
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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, 2023. |