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79R2085 SLO-D

By:  Dutton                                                       H.B. No. 465



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the use of the special education allotment to fund 
Saturday classes for certain students.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 42.151, Education Code, is amended by 
amending Subsection (h) and adding Subsection (m) to read as 
follows:
	(h)  Except as provided by Subsection (m), funds [Funds] 
allocated under this section, other than an indirect cost allotment 
established under State Board of Education rule, must be used in the 
special education program under Subchapter A, Chapter 29.
	(m)  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a school 
district may use funds allocated under this section to provide 
Saturday classes for third grade students who fail to perform 
satisfactorily on an assessment instrument administered under 
Section 39.023.
	SECTION 2.  This Act applies beginning with the 2005-2006 
school year.       
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this 
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 
Act takes effect September 1, 2005.