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AN ACT
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relating to school district requirements regarding parental |
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notification in connection with disciplinary alternative education |
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programs. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 37.008, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (l-1) to read as follows: |
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(l-1) A school district shall provide the parents of a |
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student removed to a disciplinary alternative education program |
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with written notice of the district's obligation under Subsection |
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(l) to provide the student with an opportunity to complete |
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coursework required for graduation. The notice must: |
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(1) include information regarding all methods |
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available for completing the coursework; and |
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(2) state that the methods are available at no cost to |
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the student. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2011-2012 |
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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, 2011. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 49 passed the Senate on |
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April 19, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 29, Nays 2; and that |
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the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 27, 2011, by the |
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following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 49 passed the House, with |
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amendment, on May 25, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 147, |
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Nays 0, one present not voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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Approved: |
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Governor |