Bill Amendment: TX HB1525 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature

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Bill Title: Relating to the public school finance system and public education.

Status: 2021-06-16 - See remarks for effective date [HB1525 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-HB1525-Senate_Amendment_S_2_F19-Buckingham.html

Amend CSHB 1525 (senate committee printing) as follows:
(1)  Add the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and renumber subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____.  Section 11.156, Education Code, is amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
(c)  A school district shall:
(1)  accept from a parent-teacher organization recognized by the district a donation designated to fund supplemental educational staff positions at a school campus; and
(2)  spend the donation accepted under Subdivision (1) for the designated purpose at the direction of and within the time period specified by the school campus for which the donation was designated.
(2)  Strike SECTION 34 of the bill (page 13, line 33) and substitute the following appropriately numbered SECTION:
SECTION ____.  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) of this section, this Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
(b)  Section 11.156(c), Education Code, as added by this Act, takes effect immediately if this Act 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, that section takes effect September 1, 2021.
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